Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Energy and Developers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 2.71% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.650 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 2.49% or 1.15 points to end at 47.25 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 1.95% or 1.34 points to 70.03 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 2.67% or 154.00 points to trade at 5606.00 in late trade. PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) declined 1.95% or 0.88 points to end at 44.20 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) shed 1.86% or 0.11 points to 5.81.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 286 to 248 and 179 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.79% or 0.93 to $50.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.07% or 1.09 to hit $51.58 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1268.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.33% to 4.3234, while USD/PLN rose 0.70% to 3.9537.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 98.22.