Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Chemicals and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which rose 4.50% or 5.50 points to trade at 127.70 at the close. CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR) added 4.22% or 6.35 points to end at 156.80 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 4.00% or 0.70 points to 18.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included mBank (WA:MBK), which lost 1.01% or 5.60 points to trade at 546.40 in late trade. Grupa KĘTY SA (WA:KTY) declined 0.78% or 6.00 points to end at 760.00 and BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP) shed 0.76% or 4.50 points to 587.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 309 to 197 and 99 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 3.39% or 2.48 to $75.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.93% or 2.24 to hit $78.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 4.15 to trade at $2,435.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.29% to 4.32, while USD/PLN rose 0.27% to 3.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 102.97.