Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 1.83% or 0.75 points to trade at 41.80 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 2.49% or 1.92 points to end at 78.92 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was up 1.01% or 0.09 points to 9.02 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which lost 2.65% or 1.78 points to trade at 65.50 in late trade. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 3.85% or 8.40 points to end at 210.00 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) shed 2.54% or 4.60 points to 176.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 245 to 200 and 191 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.87% or 1.28 to $69.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.31% or 0.96 to hit $74.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 4.70 to trade at $1218.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.14% to 4.2568, while USD/PLN fell 0.06% to 3.6823.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 95.17.