Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Media, Construction and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 2.48% or 139.00 points to trade at 5745.00 at the close. PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) added 2.00% or 0.51 points to end at 26.01 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was up 1.70% or 0.40 points to 23.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 3.85% or 2.76 points to trade at 68.89 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 2.49% or 0.27 points to end at 10.57 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) shed 1.78% or 2.50 points to 138.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 267 to 261 and 191 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $50.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.41% or 0.21 to hit $51.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.35 to trade at $1266.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.17% to 4.3274, while USD/PLN rose 0.70% to 3.9810.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 98.73.