Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH), which rose 5.49% or 4.19 points to trade at 80.50 at the close. PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) added 4.03% or 1.16 points to end at 29.91 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 3.31% or 9.90 points to 309.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which lost 2.39% or 1.22 points to trade at 49.75 in late trade. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) declined 1.17% or 0.07 points to end at 5.93 and Boryszew SA (WA:BORY) shed 1.15% or 0.06 points to 5.14.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 294 to 233 and 97 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.46% or 1.14 to $47.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.77% or 0.90 to hit $51.40 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.91% or 10.30 to trade at $1123.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.52% to 4.2123, while USD/PLN rose 0.55% to 3.7942.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.67% at 96.53.