Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.76%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.76%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were 11BIT (WA:11B ), which rose 5.89% or 10.40 points to trade at 187.00 at the close. Meanwhile, X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB ) added 5.05% or 3.66 points to end at 76.16 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR ) was up 3.21% or 2.78 points to 89.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Text SA (WA:TXTP ), which fell 19.12% or 13.50 points to trade at 57.10 at the close. Rainbow Tours SA (WA:RBW ) declined 4.05% or 5.40 points to end at 127.80 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP ) was down 2.05% or 3.90 points to 186.40.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 300 to 243 and 86 ended unchanged.

Shares in X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB ) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.05% or 3.66 to 76.16.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.53% or 0.39 to $73.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.59% or 0.45 to hit $76.75 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 19.94 to trade at $2,667.34 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.26% to 4.26, while USD/PLN rose 0.40% to 4.11.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 108.22.

Source: Investing.com