Polish equity market surged on Tuesday. The broad market measure, the WIG index, rose by 0.97%. Except for materials (-0.63%) and telecoms (-1.15%), every sector in the WIG Index rose, with chemicals (+1.43%) outperforming.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, gained 0.51%. In the index basket, genco TAURON PE (WSE: TPE) and chemical producer GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) were the biggest advancers, climbing by 4.72% and 4.2% respectively. Other noticeable risers were bank PKO BP (WSE: PKO), insurer PZU (WSE: PZU), railway freight transport operator PKP CARGO (WSE: PKP) and two retailers CCC (WSE: CCC) and LPP (WSE: LPP), which added between 1.96% and 3.22%. On the other side of the ledger, coking coal miner JSW (WSE: JSW) and telecommunication services provider ORANGE POLSKA (WSE: OPL) led the decliners, dropping by 1.76% and 1.33% respectively. They were followed by thermal coal miner BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB) and genco ENEA (WSE: ENA), which tumbled by 1.18 % and 1.04% respectively.