Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 3.93% or 2.21 points to trade at 58.44 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) added 1.74% or 0.96 points to end at 56.15 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 1.68% or 0.99 points to 60.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 4.12% or 3.55 points to trade at 82.53 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 3.70% or 2.55 points to end at 66.40 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 2.60% or 1.84 points to 69.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 303 to 248 and 166 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.26% or 1.18 to $53.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.34% or 1.27 to hit $55.43 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.28% or 3.35 to trade at $1204.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.11% to 4.3687, while USD/PLN fell 0.24% to 4.0910.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 101.04.