Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which rose 5.58% or 7.60 points to trade at 143.80 at the close. Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP) added 3.40% or 0.79 points to end at 24.05 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 2.36% or 410.00 points to 17,800.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 5.46% or 1.53 points to trade at 26.50 in late trade. BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP) declined 2.48% or 18.50 points to end at 726.00 and Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT) shed 1.70% or 50.00 points to 2,895.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 255 to 212 and 122 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.81% or 1.34 to $75.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.67% or 1.31 to hit $79.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 19.20 to trade at $2,394.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.11% to 4.28, while USD/PLN fell 0.25% to 3.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.19.