Polish equity market continued its downward trajectory on Tuesday. The broad market benchmark - the WIG index shed by 0.72% and the large liquid companies measure - the WIG30 index fell by 0.93%.

Chemicals name GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) was the worst-performing name within the WIG30 index, losing 4.34%. It was followed by CCC (WSE: CCC) and PKO BP (WSE: PKO), slumping 3.31% and 2.76% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, oil and gas sector representatives PGNIG (WSE: PGN) and PKN ORLEN (WSE: PKN), developer GTC (WSE: GTC) and bank ALIOR (WSE: ALR) were among the biggest advancers, gaining in the range of 1.35%-2.93%.

The WIG sub-sector indices mostly closed in negative territory, with chemicals benchmark - the WIG-CHEMIA index (-2.29%) lagging behind.