Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which rose 3.49% or 3.40 points to trade at 100.80 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 2.67% or 0.88 points to end at 33.88 and Play Communications SA (WA:PLY) was up 2.57% or 0.51 points to 20.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which lost 1.09% or 2.20 points to trade at 200.00 in late trade. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 0.89% or 0.89 points to end at 99.47 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) shed 0.80% or 0.15 points to 18.57.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 223 to 208 and 200 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.62% or 0.45 to $71.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.32% or 0.26 to hit $81.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 6.60 to trade at $1198.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.36% to 4.2767, while USD/PLN fell 0.21% to 3.6397.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.83.