Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.31% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which rose 3.12% or 0.78 points to trade at 25.76 at the close. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) added 2.63% or 1.44 points to end at 56.10 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 2.35% or 1.01 points to 44.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which lost 2.54% or 1.25 points to trade at 48.00 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 1.57% or 0.09 points to end at 5.64 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 1.54% or 1.36 points to 86.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 242 to 192 and 194 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.74% or 0.51 to $68.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.27% or 0.93 to hit $74.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 6.20 to trade at $1347.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.03% to 4.1669, while USD/PLN rose 0.31% to 3.3768.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.55.