Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Food and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which rose 3.97% or 0.19 points to trade at 4.98 at the close. Play Communications SA (WA:PLY) added 3.75% or 0.78 points to end at 21.58 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 3.64% or 5.30 points to 150.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 1.85% or 2.00 points to trade at 106.15 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 0.80% or 0.14 points to end at 17.46 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 0.72% or 0.64 points to 87.86.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 330 to 193 and 120 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 4.27% or 1.94 to $47.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 4.00% or 2.15 to hit $55.95 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.70 to trade at $1288.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.11% to 4.2931, while USD/PLN rose 1.07% to 3.7815.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 96.375.