Polish equity market closed lower on Tuesday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, lost 0.24%. The WIG sub-sector indices were mainly lower with media (-1.15%) underperforming. At the same time, materials (+1.23%) fared the best.

The large-cap stocks fell by 0.19%. Within the index components, chemical producer GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) recorded the biggest drop, down 3.18%. It was followed by IT-company ASSECO POLAND (WSE: ACP) and copper producer KGHM (WSE: KGH), plunging by 2.68% and 2.23% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, coking coal producer JSW (WSE: JSW) became the session's best performer, as its quotations skyrocketed by 11.91%, buoyed by rising prices of coking coal. Thermal coal miner BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB), chemical producer SYNTHOS (WSE: SNS) and bank MILLENNIUM (WSE: MIL) did well too, posting 2.06%-4.13% gains.