Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 2.24% or 1.51 points to trade at 69.01 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 2.19% or 0.11 points to end at 5.14 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) was up 1.90% or 0.18 points to 9.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which lost 2.99% or 0.20 points to trade at 6.50 in late trade. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) declined 2.88% or 1.59 points to end at 53.66 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 2.69% or 12.35 points to 447.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 236 to 235 and 191 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.73% or 0.31 to $43.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.75% or 0.34 to hit $45.56 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 8.17 to trade at $1257.57 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.23% to 4.2245, while USD/PLN fell 0.65% to 3.7721.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 96.94.