Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 1.68%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.68%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU ), which rose 5.80% or 2.27 points to trade at 41.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP ) added 3.86% or 11.70 points to end at 315.00 and mBank SA (WA:MBK ) was up 3.53% or 22.40 points to 656.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grupa KĘTY SA (WA:KTY ), which fell 1.12% or 9.00 points to trade at 795.00 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE ) declined 1.11% or 0.12 points to end at 10.68 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP ) was down 1.06% or 0.95 points to 88.45.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 256 to 239 and 110 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.48% or 1.02 to $70.04 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.22% or 0.89 to hit $73.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 17.70 to trade at $2,591.20 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.04% to 4.27, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.09% to 3.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 100.61.

Source: Investing.com