Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Developers and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.21% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which rose 4.12% or 8.10 points to trade at 204.50 at the close. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) added 3.75% or 0.34 points to end at 9.40 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was up 3.54% or 1.80 points to 52.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which lost 0.92% or 0.24 points to trade at 25.90 in late trade. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) declined 0.36% or 0.16 points to end at 44.84 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 0.21% or 0.18 points to 83.96.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 230 to 211 and 186 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.74% or 0.53 to $70.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.34% or 0.26 to hit $77.21 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1322.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.39% to 4.2645, while USD/PLN rose 0.07% to 3.5675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 92.34.