Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which rose 4.77% or 0.77 points to trade at 16.92 at the close. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 3.79% or 5.25 points to end at 143.85 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 3.45% or 0.16 points to 4.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which lost 1.51% or 1.42 points to trade at 92.58 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 1.28% or 100.00 points to end at 7700.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) shed 1.13% or 5.10 points to 447.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 285 to 263 and 112 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.10% or 0.06 to $57.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.42% or 0.91 to hit $62.81 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1187.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.52% to 4.1284, while USD/PLN fell 0.60% to 3.7921.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 97.49.