Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Developers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 2.86% or 1.69 points to trade at 60.77 at the close. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) added 2.82% or 2.17 points to end at 79.11 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was up 2.22% or 0.51 points to 23.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which lost 3.73% or 4.77 points to trade at 123.18 in late trade. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) declined 2.49% or 0.75 points to end at 29.35 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 1.56% or 0.46 points to 29.11.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 274 to 221 and 200 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.00% or 0.86 to $42.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.28% or 1.03 to hit $44.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.43% or 5.70 to trade at $1334.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.27% to 4.3748, while USD/PLN rose 0.18% to 3.9802.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.31.