Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 2.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were mBank (WA:MBK), which rose 6.26% or 24.80 points to trade at 421.00 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 5.39% or 3.76 points to end at 73.46 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 5.38% or 1.80 points to 35.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which lost 2.12% or 1.25 points to trade at 57.64 in late trade. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) declined 0.65% or 1.20 points to end at 182.30 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) shed 0.17% or 0.010 points to 5.870.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 327 to 275 and 164 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.22% or 0.12 to $53.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $56.43 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.55 to trade at $1246.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.46% to 4.2865, while USD/PLN fell 0.40% to 4.0551.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 101.55.