Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which rose 4.83% or 0.41 points to trade at 8.89 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 4.43% or 18.00 points to end at 424.20 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) was up 3.81% or 0.080 points to 2.180 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which lost 2.76% or 5.20 points to trade at 183.40 in late trade. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 1.29% or 1.90 points to end at 145.60 and Play Communications SA (WA:PLY) shed 0.86% or 0.18 points to 20.74.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 292 to 199 and 167 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.39% or 0.62 to $45.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.55% or 0.29 to hit $53.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1281.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.34% to 4.3060, while USD/PLN rose 0.21% to 3.7624.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.917.