Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which rose 2.04% or 4.70 points to trade at 235.60 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 1.92% or 1.21 points to end at 64.25 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was up 1.80% or 1.10 points to 62.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which lost 4.70% or 0.230 points to trade at 4.660 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 1.74% or 0.09 points to end at 5.08 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) shed 1.46% or 0.15 points to 10.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 244 to 216 and 193 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.74% or 1.76 to $45.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 3.14% or 1.56 to hit $48.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.28 to trade at $1222.48 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.11% to 4.2411, while USD/PLN rose 0.26% to 3.7435.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.12.