Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which rose 1.56% or 0.16 points to trade at 10.40 at the close. PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) added 1.45% or 0.51 points to end at 35.75 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) was up 1.44% or 1.23 points to 86.58 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP), which lost 1.88% or 1.11 points to trade at 57.79 in late trade. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 1.36% or 1.00 points to end at 72.50 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) shed 1.34% or 2.00 points to 147.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 298 to 282 and 102 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 3.15% or 1.86 to $60.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.70% or 1.75 to hit $66.78 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.90 to trade at $1204.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.37% to 4.0926, while USD/PLN rose 0.08% to 3.6784.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 95.36.