Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Chemicals and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which rose 2.96% or 11.60 points to trade at 403.00 at the close. CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR) added 2.55% or 4.70 points to end at 189.20 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 2.21% or 2.65 points to 122.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included 11BIT (WA:11B), which lost 2.34% or 4.20 points to trade at 175.00 in late trade. BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP) declined 1.41% or 6.60 points to end at 463.00 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) shed 0.63% or 0.60 points to 93.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 281 to 256 and 96 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.06% or 0.78 to $74.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.13% or 0.86 to hit $77.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 14.81 to trade at $2,687.21 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.29% to 4.26, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.04% to 4.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 109.07.