Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Food and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 3.80% or 7.50 points to trade at 205.00 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 3.11% or 11.40 points to end at 378.20 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 3.08% or 0.17 points to 5.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which lost 4.18% or 9.40 points to trade at 215.60 in late trade. PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) declined 3.33% or 1.60 points to end at 46.40 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) shed 1.42% or 0.14 points to 9.71.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 222 to 201 and 203 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.67% or 1.15 to $67.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.18% or 1.62 to hit $72.59 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.30 to trade at $1218.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.32% to 4.2627, while USD/PLN fell 0.06% to 3.6554.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.48.