Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.83%

Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Developers and Construction sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.83%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 3.12% or 860.00 points to trade at 28,460.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) added 2.77% or 0.35 points to end at 13.00 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 2.45% or 0.57 points to 23.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT), which fell 4.29% or 265.00 points to trade at 5,915.00 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) declined 1.20% or 2.80 points to end at 230.20 and Erste Bank Polska SA (WA:EBP) was down 1.01% or 8.00 points to 787.60.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 296 to 257 and 99 ended unchanged.

Shares in LPP SA (WA:LPPP) rose to all time highs; rising 3.12% or 860.00 to 28,460.00. Shares in Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) rose to all time highs; up 2.45% or 0.57 to 23.80.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.21% or 0.18 to $86.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.76% or 0.70 to hit $91.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 2.08% or 85.43 to trade at $4,029.07 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.30% to 4.40, while USD/PLN rose 0.97% to 3.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.73% at 102.28.