Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Basic Materials and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 2.70% or 158.80 points to trade at 6044.90 at the close. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 1.91% or 2.35 points to end at 125.25 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) was up 1.66% or 0.66 points to 40.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which lost 4.51% or 2.46 points to trade at 52.04 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 2.21% or 0.14 points to end at 6.20 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) shed 2.07% or 0.51 points to 24.07.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 266 to 237 and 180 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.99% or 1.24 to $40.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.55% or 1.12 to hit $42.72 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.74% or 9.10 to trade at $1235.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.13% to 4.2935, while USD/PLN fell 0.45% to 3.7997.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 94.61.