Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.14% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which rose 8.80% or 4.95 points to trade at 61.22 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 4.49% or 1.80 points to end at 41.87 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 3.10% or 1.06 points to 35.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which lost 4.53% or 17.10 points to trade at 360.20 in late trade. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) declined 1.67% or 0.17 points to end at 10.03 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) shed 1.57% or 0.07 points to 4.39.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 299 to 230 and 183 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.56% or 0.28 to $49.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $52.59 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.29 to trade at $1265.91 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.20% to 4.2298, while USD/PLN rose 0.70% to 3.8909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 99.10.