Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 3.79% or 3.60 points to trade at 98.59 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 2.70% or 0.95 points to end at 36.10 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) was up 2.66% or 0.97 points to 37.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which lost 2.23% or 0.38 points to trade at 16.67 in late trade. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 1.56% or 0.40 points to end at 25.20 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) shed 1.54% or 0.88 points to 56.22.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 309 to 288 and 95 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.95% or 0.57 to $59.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.41% or 0.28 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.80 to trade at $1222.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.37% to 4.0523, while USD/PLN fell 0.61% to 3.5432.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 93.33.