Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Banking and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 0.91% or 0.95 points to trade at 105.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 0.83% or 0.31 points to end at 37.81 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 0.76% or 47.80 points to 6314.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which fell 5.65% or 3.08 points to trade at 51.40 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 4.24% or 3.20 points to end at 72.30 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was down 3.64% or 2.51 points to 66.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 350 to 184 and 173 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.28% or 0.15 to $52.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.50% or 0.28 to hit $55.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.58% or 19.85 to trade at $1273.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.37% to 4.2505, while USD/PLN rose 0.21% to 4.0048.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 100.61.