Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 2.32% or 0.85 points to trade at 37.50 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 2.20% or 9.70 points to end at 449.80 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 2.15% or 0.16 points to 7.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 6.59% or 8.56 points to trade at 121.41 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 4.05% or 1.52 points to end at 36.02 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) shed 3.57% or 10.00 points to 270.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 304 to 175 and 174 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.36% or 0.71 to $51.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.69% or 0.98 to hit $57.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.18 to trade at $1290.18 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.02% to 4.2341, while USD/PLN fell 0.45% to 3.5766.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 93.05.