Polish equity market closed higher on Tuesday. The broad market benchmark, the WIG Index, surged by 0.26%. Most sectors rose, with chemicals (+1.56%) posting the biggest advance.

The large-cap stocks grew by 0.41%, as measured by the WIG30 Index. Within the index components, chemical producer SYNTHOS (WSE: SNS) led the gainers pack with a 3.48% advance, followed by coking coal producer JSW (WSE: JSW) and bank ALIOR (WSE: ALR), climbing by 2.86% and 1.91% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, genco ENERGA (WSE: ENG) recorded the biggest drop of 2.6%. Other major decliners were media group CYFROWY POLSAT (WSE: CPS), railway freight transport operator PKP CARGO (WSE: PKP) and thermal coal miner BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB), falling by 1.81%, 1.75% and 1.42% respectively.