Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Energy and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR), which rose 4.40% or 6.90 points to trade at 163.70 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 3.45% or 4.40 points to end at 132.10 and Grupa KĘTY SA (WA:KTY) was up 2.89% or 22.00 points to 782.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which lost 0.98% or 0.11 points to trade at 11.16 in late trade. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) declined 0.52% or 0.75 points to end at 143.75 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 0.42% or 0.11 points to 26.27.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 247 to 244 and 115 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.32% or 0.99 to $76.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.83% or 0.65 to hit $78.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.99% or 24.00 to trade at $2,456.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.04% to 4.33, while USD/PLN rose 0.16% to 3.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 103.10.