Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 2.87% or 3.66 points to trade at 131.07 at the close. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) added 2.66% or 1.73 points to end at 66.70 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) was up 2.43% or 0.90 points to 37.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which lost 4.19% or 12.95 points to trade at 296.00 in late trade. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 3.54% or 1.89 points to end at 51.51 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) shed 2.09% or 0.74 points to 34.69.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 248 to 239 and 177 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 3.07% or 1.56 to $49.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.84% or 1.62 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.35 to trade at $1277.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.15% to 4.3110, while USD/PLN fell 0.02% to 3.6749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.67.