Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Basic Materials and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 13.76% or 5.20 points to trade at 43.00 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 7.55% or 0.80 points to end at 11.40 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) was up 6.59% or 0.89 points to 14.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 4.07% or 3.07 points to trade at 72.43 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 1.35% or 0.21 points to end at 15.35 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) shed 0.67% or 0.35 points to 52.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 291 to 234 and 109 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 6.20% or 2.64 to $45.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 5.58% or 2.65 to hit $50.22 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.87% or 9.80 to trade at $1132.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.42% to 4.2169, while USD/PLN rose 0.22% to 3.7721.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 96.19.