Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Energy and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which rose 5.79% or 3.16 points to trade at 57.76 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) added 5.27% or 0.48 points to end at 9.58 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was up 4.82% or 0.48 points to 10.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which lost 3.16% or 2.25 points to trade at 69.00 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 1.57% or 1.36 points to end at 85.42 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) shed 1.55% or 0.65 points to 41.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 243 to 206 and 188 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.89% or 1.20 to $62.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.42% or 0.97 to hit $67.36 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 7.30 to trade at $1335.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.03% to 4.1955, while USD/PLN fell 0.25% to 3.4184.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 89.86.