Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 3.85% or 10.00 points to trade at 270.00 at the close. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 2.41% or 4.50 points to end at 191.00 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 2.11% or 0.14 points to 6.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which lost 3.75% or 1.75 points to trade at 44.91 in late trade. mBank (WA:MBK) declined 2.30% or 10.45 points to end at 443.15 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 1.78% or 1.11 points to 61.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 256 to 233 and 167 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.88% or 0.46 to $52.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.53% or 0.31 to hit $58.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.71 to trade at $1280.01 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.11% to 4.2420, while USD/PLN fell 0.51% to 3.5918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.53.