Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.46% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 15.58% or 8.45 points to trade at 62.70 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) added 4.18% or 2.22 points to end at 55.32 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 3.43% or 231.05 points to 6962.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 3.84% or 2.86 points to trade at 71.54 in late trade. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) declined 3.04% or 0.26 points to end at 8.29 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) shed 2.83% or 6.90 points to 237.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 276 to 260 and 193 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $48.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $51.71 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.45 to trade at $1228.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.55% to 4.2832, while USD/PLN fell 0.38% to 3.9856.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 100.10.