Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 5.41% or 1.66 points to trade at 32.36 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 3.82% or 6.80 points to end at 185.00 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 3.51% or 0.22 points to 6.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which lost 1.68% or 0.70 points to trade at 41.06 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 1.58% or 0.28 points to end at 17.40 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) shed 0.99% or 0.40 points to 40.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 295 to 272 and 62 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.50% or 0.82 to $53.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.29% or 0.82 to hit $62.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1228.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.10% to 4.2949, while USD/PLN fell 0.32% to 3.7652.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 96.385.