Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 5.29% or 18.80 points to trade at 374.00 at the close. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) added 5.14% or 2.80 points to end at 57.30 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 4.70% or 4.07 points to 90.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which lost 1.18% or 0.50 points to trade at 42.00 in late trade. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 0.58% or 0.30 points to end at 51.50 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) shed 0.51% or 0.03 points to 5.84.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 254 to 202 and 213 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.34% or 1.49 to $65.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.55% or 1.72 to hit $69.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 9.60 to trade at $1321.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.01% to 4.2298, while USD/PLN fell 0.19% to 3.4498.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 89.80.