Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Developers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 3.02% or 0.94 points to trade at 32.04 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 1.67% or 0.62 points to end at 37.71 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) was up 0.39% or 0.21 points to 54.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which lost 5.73% or 4.80 points to trade at 79.00 in late trade. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 3.51% or 3.69 points to end at 101.56 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) shed 3.12% or 2.38 points to 73.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 359 to 206 and 174 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.75% or 0.36 to $47.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.92% or 0.47 to hit $50.49 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.65 to trade at $1249.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.06% to 4.2739, while USD/PLN fell 0.04% to 3.9546.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 99.43.