Polish equity surged on Monday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, added 0.64%. Sector performance within the WIG Index was mixed. Food sector (+2.69%) outperformed, while materials (-2.08%) lagged behind.

The large-cap stocks' benchmark, the WIG30 Index, grew by 0.76%. In the index basket, ALIOR (WSE: ALR) continued its strong run, gaining a further 6.73%, following the news about its takeover of BPH. It was followed by agricultural holding KERNEL (WSE: KER), recovering by 4.51% after four consecutive sessions of declines. Other major advancers were videogame developer CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR) and bank MBANK (WSE: MBK), adding 3.31% and 2.93% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, copper producer KGHM (WSE: KGH) and media group CYFROWY POLSAT (WSE: CPS) recorded the worst results, declining by 2.33% and 2.31% respectively.