Polish equity market closed lower on Tuesday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, fell by 0.86%. All sectors, but for chemicals (+1.38%), were down, with food stocks (-2.32%) lagging behind.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index lost 0.94%. A majority of the index components recorded declines. Oil refiner LOTOS (WSE: LTS) and railway freight transport operator PKP CARGO (WSE: PKP) were the weakest names, tumbling by 4.5% and 4.34% respectively. They were followed by clothing retailer LPP (WSE: LPP), videogame developer CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR), bank MBANK (WSE: MBK) and agricultural producer KERNEL (WSE: KER), which plunged by 3.12%-3.42%. On the other side of the ledger, chemical producer GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) led a handful of gainers, as the stock jumped by 6.38% after four consecutive sessions of declines. Other advancers included three banking sector names PKO BP (WSE: PKO), BZ WBK (WSE: BZW) and MILLENNIUM (WSE: MIL), adding between 0.42% and 1.06%.