Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Energy and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 4.78% or 2.99 points to trade at 65.50 at the close. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) added 3.35% or 0.090 points to end at 2.780 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 2.74% or 0.130 points to 4.870 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which lost 3.52% or 2.43 points to trade at 66.56 in late trade. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 2.49% or 1.32 points to end at 51.66 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) shed 2.20% or 124.05 points to 5525.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 283 to 246 and 199 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.98% or 1.01 to $51.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.17% or 1.17 to hit $55.19 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.96% or 10.85 to trade at $1140.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.43% to 4.4117, while USD/PLN fell 0.90% to 4.2161.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 102.70.