Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 6.83% or 2.73 points to trade at 42.68 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) added 5.76% or 0.63 points to end at 11.57 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was up 5.08% or 0.63 points to 12.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 0.41% or 60.00 points to trade at 14,660.00 in late trade. Orange Polska SA (WA:OPL) declined 0.37% or 0.03 points to end at 7.58 and BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP) shed 0.33% or 1.60 points to 488.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 268 to 242 and 107 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.56% or 1.07 to $69.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.43% or 1.04 to hit $73.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 18.10 to trade at $2,669.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.23% to 4.34, while USD/PLN rose 0.72% to 4.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 106.89.