Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Oil & Gas and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 2.86% or 1.48 points to trade at 53.18 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 2.69% or 0.49 points to end at 18.71 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 2.47% or 138.50 points to 5737.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included mBank (WA:MBK), which lost 2.27% or 7.50 points to trade at 322.70 in late trade. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) declined 1.94% or 2.40 points to end at 121.60 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) shed 1.89% or 1.38 points to 71.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 265 to 246 and 173 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.55% or 0.25 to $45.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.64% or 0.30 to hit $47.23 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.32% or 16.55 to trade at $1266.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.32% to 4.3981, while USD/PLN rose 0.30% to 3.8837.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 93.95.