Polish equity market closed lower on Monday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, fell by 1.41%. All sectors, but for constructions (+0.39%) posted negative daily returns. Materials sector (-5.48%) was the worst performer amid sliding commodity prices.

The large-cap stocks lost 1.58%, as measured by the WIG30 Index. TAURON PE (WSE: TPE) was the sole advancer among the index's components. The stock inched up 0.3%. At the same time, JSW (WSE: JSW) and KGHM (WSE: KGH) were hit the hardest, losing 6.40% and 5.85% respectively. They were followed by BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB), GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT), MBANK (WSE: MBK) and ORANGE POLSKA (WSE: OPL), which slumped by 2.47%-3.23%.