Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Construction and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 4.27% or 0.41 points to trade at 10.01 at the close. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) added 3.85% or 0.46 points to end at 12.42 and Orange Polska SA (WA:OPL) was up 3.28% or 0.27 points to 8.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP), which lost 2.36% or 0.46 points to trade at 19.00 in late trade. X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB) declined 2.22% or 1.40 points to end at 61.64 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) shed 0.60% or 0.25 points to 41.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 256 to 254 and 103 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.79% or 0.56 to $70.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.67% or 0.50 to hit $73.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 11.70 to trade at $2,690.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.30, while USD/PLN rose 0.34% to 3.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 103.25.