Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Media and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which rose 2.68% or 3.40 points to trade at 130.30 at the close. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) added 1.55% or 2.20 points to end at 144.05 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 1.32% or 0.80 points to 61.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 2.00% or 0.60 points to trade at 29.47 in late trade. Text SA (WA:TXTP) declined 1.67% or 1.30 points to end at 76.60 and X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB) shed 1.42% or 1.02 points to 70.84.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 256 to 239 and 96 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.33% or 0.27 to $80.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.43% or 0.37 to hit $85.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.93% or 21.90 to trade at $2,368.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.17% to 4.33, while USD/PLN rose 0.41% to 4.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 105.15.