Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.72% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR), which rose 5.70% or 8.55 points to trade at 158.55 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 3.60% or 4.30 points to end at 123.90 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) was up 2.75% or 0.36 points to 13.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT), which lost 2.95% or 75.00 points to trade at 2,465.00 in late trade. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 0.83% or 0.85 points to end at 101.15 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) shed 0.69% or 0.09 points to 12.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 270 to 229 and 105 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.61% or 0.50 to $83.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.39% or 0.33 to hit $85.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 5.75 to trade at $2,416.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.08% to 4.26, while USD/PLN fell 0.44% to 3.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 103.77.