Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Chemicals and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.07% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which rose 9.21% or 0.86 points to trade at 10.20 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) added 8.15% or 0.80 points to end at 10.61 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 4.08% or 0.43 points to 10.97 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which lost 3.43% or 5.95 points to trade at 167.55 in late trade. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) declined 1.87% or 3.95 points to end at 207.00 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 1.12% or 4.25 points to 376.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 301 to 278 and 172 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.27% or 1.20 to $53.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.43% or 1.34 to hit $56.42 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.91% or 10.95 to trade at $1186.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.13% to 4.3476, while USD/PLN rose 0.56% to 4.0730.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.68% at 100.59.