Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Media, Information Technology and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 3.17% or 1.36 points to trade at 44.20 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 3.08% or 6.20 points to end at 207.80 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 2.68% or 0.22 points to 8.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which lost 3.49% or 4.90 points to trade at 135.65 in late trade. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 3.26% or 0.39 points to end at 11.59 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) shed 1.64% or 0.11 points to 6.73.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 259 to 234 and 110 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.71% or 0.49 to $69.21 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $72.90 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 21.29 to trade at $2,686.09 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.24% to 4.29, while USD/PLN fell 0.19% to 4.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 106.07.