Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Energy and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 3.39% or 1.38 points to trade at 42.09 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 2.24% or 1.48 points to end at 67.50 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) was up 2.15% or 3.05 points to 145.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which lost 2.69% or 0.69 points to trade at 24.92 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 1.80% or 0.18 points to end at 9.81 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 1.74% or 1.09 points to 61.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 279 to 225 and 197 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.77% or 0.39 to $50.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.60% or 0.31 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1256.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.13% to 4.3018, while USD/PLN rose 0.72% to 3.9135.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 97.94.