Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 5.77% or 7.90 points to trade at 144.90 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 5.38% or 4.42 points to end at 86.50 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) was up 4.44% or 0.100 points to 2.350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which lost 3.28% or 0.86 points to trade at 25.36 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 0.75% or 0.04 points to end at 5.27 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) shed 0.10% or 0.20 points to 196.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 241 to 217 and 172 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.08% or 2.13 to $71.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.03% or 2.27 to hit $77.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1313.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.41% to 4.2633, while USD/PLN fell 0.27% to 3.5981.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.92.