Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which rose 2.37% or 3.04 points to trade at 131.35 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 2.13% or 2.54 points to end at 121.92 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) was up 1.88% or 0.51 points to 27.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 2.02% or 1.91 points to trade at 92.44 in late trade. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 1.99% or 1.50 points to end at 73.99 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) shed 1.54% or 4.50 points to 287.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 239 to 239 and 189 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.48% or 0.28 to $58.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $63.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.77 to trade at $1291.43 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.16% to 4.2066, while USD/PLN fell 0.38% to 3.5502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.06.