Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 1.64%

Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking , Chemicals and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.64%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1 ), which rose 7.13% or 32.00 points to trade at 480.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP ) added 5.16% or 0.41 points to end at 8.26 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR ) was up 4.50% or 3.94 points to 91.46 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grupa KĘTY SA (WA:KTY ), which fell 1.58% or 11.00 points to trade at 684.00 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN ) declined 1.06% or 0.57 points to end at 52.96 and Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT ) was down 0.61% or 15.00 points to 2,425.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 247 to 245 and 105 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.31% or 0.21 to $67.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.44% or 0.31 to hit $70.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 21.15 to trade at $2,777.05 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.15% to 4.34, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.03% to 4.02.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 104.34.

Source: Investing.com