Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.88% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 7.29% or 11.20 points to trade at 164.80 at the close. Play Communications SA (WA:PLY) added 5.19% or 1.02 points to end at 20.68 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 3.95% or 6.50 points to 171.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which lost 1.97% or 0.20 points to trade at 9.95 in late trade. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) declined 1.72% or 0.16 points to end at 9.16 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 1.27% or 0.86 points to 66.78.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 261 to 199 and 171 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 4.86% or 2.42 to $52.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 4.22% or 2.48 to hit $61.20 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.85 to trade at $1289.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.08% to 4.2992, while USD/PLN fell 0.64% to 3.7313.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 94.942.