Polish equity market closed higher on Monday. The broad measure, the WIG index, recorded a 0.64% surge. Except for utilities (-1.12%) and construction sector (-0.44%) every sector in the WIG Index advanced, with telecommunication services (+1.52%) outperforming.

The large-cap stocks rose by 0.71%, as measured by the WIG30 Index. Chemical producer GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) and coking coal miner JSW (WSE: JSW) led the pack up, rising by 3.34% and 3.05% respectively. The other notable gainers were videogame developer CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR) and two banks ALIOR (WSE: ALR) and PEKAO (WSE: PEO), advancing by 2.92%, 2.43% and 2.28% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, genco ENEA (WSE: ENA) posted the sharpest decline of 2.3%. It was followed by IT-company ASSECO POLAND (WSE: ACP), genco PGE (WSE: PGE) and bank PKO BP (WSE: PKO), plunging by 1.79%, 1.31%and 1.2% respectively.