Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Media and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 3.25% or 2.51 points to trade at 79.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 2.07% or 1.38 points to end at 68.08 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 1.77% or 120.85 points to 6950.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which fell 2.97% or 1.93 points to trade at 63.01 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 1.92% or 1.16 points to end at 59.34 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was down 1.61% or 0.73 points to 44.64.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 280 to 179 and 210 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.18% or 0.54 to $46.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.08% or 0.52 to hit $48.58 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.88 to trade at $1255.78 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.27% to 4.2546, while USD/PLN fell 0.04% to 3.6566.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.88.