Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 3.52% or 1.18 points to trade at 34.75 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 3.09% or 2.30 points to end at 76.80 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was up 1.93% or 0.85 points to 45.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which lost 3.02% or 1.15 points to trade at 36.90 in late trade. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) declined 2.38% or 0.25 points to end at 10.24 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) shed 2.00% or 0.10 points to 4.89.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 341 to 267 and 159 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.28% or 0.15 to $53.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.34% or 0.19 to hit $55.78 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.55 to trade at $1231.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.20% to 4.3109, while USD/PLN rose 0.01% to 4.0682.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 101.10.