Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which rose 2.54% or 0.13 points to trade at 5.25 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 1.31% or 3.05 points to end at 236.70 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 1.14% or 3.80 points to 338.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 2.86% or 3.11 points to trade at 105.56 in late trade. mBank (WA:MBK) declined 2.83% or 13.00 points to end at 447.00 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) shed 1.71% or 0.080 points to 4.610.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 237 to 237 and 184 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.62% or 0.30 to $49.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.90% or 0.46 to hit $51.43 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 8.15 to trade at $1257.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.00% to 4.2519, while USD/PLN rose 0.67% to 3.6477.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.65% at 93.90.