Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 4.93% or 2.40 points to trade at 51.10 at the close. Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) added 4.26% or 3.70 points to end at 90.50 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 3.97% or 4.20 points to 109.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which lost 3.62% or 0.43 points to trade at 11.46 in late trade. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 0.64% or 1.10 points to end at 171.90 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) shed 0.21% or 0.02 points to 9.44.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 252 to 187 and 194 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.87% or 0.45 to $52.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.53% or 0.32 to hit $60.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.79% or 9.60 to trade at $1229.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.17% to 4.2861, while USD/PLN fell 0.74% to 3.7755.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 96.855.