Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 3.08% or 3.30 points to trade at 110.33 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) added 3.05% or 7.10 points to end at 240.00 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was up 2.75% or 1.50 points to 56.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which lost 1.48% or 0.13 points to trade at 8.64 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 1.47% or 0.18 points to end at 12.03 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 1.39% or 6.75 points to 479.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 321 to 232 and 146 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.43% or 0.25 to $58.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.34% or 0.22 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1270.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.23% to 4.1948, while USD/PLN fell 0.21% to 3.5341.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.88.