Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Information Technology and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which rose 3.09% or 0.17 points to trade at 5.67 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 3.05% or 14.60 points to end at 492.80 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 2.81% or 1.20 points to 43.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which lost 4.45% or 1.14 points to trade at 24.46 in late trade. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 4.32% or 2.65 points to end at 58.75 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) shed 3.62% or 0.43 points to 11.46.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 231 to 213 and 198 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.59% or 0.98 to $62.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.22% or 0.80 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.10 to trade at $1331.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.13% to 4.1789, while USD/PLN fell 0.24% to 3.3895.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 89.72.