Polish equity market closed lower on Tuesday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, slid down 0.19%. Sector-wise, telecommunication sector (-3.20%) was weakest, while information technology (+2.58%) outperformed.

The large-cap stocks inched up by 0.04%. Within the index components, thermal coal miner BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB) and IT-company ASSECO POLAND (WSE: ACP) became the session's best performers, gaining 3.45% and 3.33% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, footwear retailer CCC (WSE: CCC) recorded the biggest drop, down 3.4%, despite reported strong monthly sales growth in February. It was followed by utilities names TAURON PE (WSE: TPE) and ENEA (WSE: ENA), plunging by 2.77% and 2.53% respectively.