Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Information Technology and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 4.64% or 0.69 points to trade at 15.55 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 2.98% or 1.15 points to end at 39.73 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 2.17% or 3.40 points to 160.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which lost 2.12% or 1.20 points to trade at 55.30 in late trade. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) declined 2.04% or 0.15 points to end at 7.21 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) shed 1.30% or 0.95 points to 72.33.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 267 to 233 and 183 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.50% or 0.21 to $41.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.48% or 0.21 to hit $44.39 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.67% or 20.80 to trade at $1227.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.28% to 4.2995, while USD/PLN rose 0.33% to 3.8165.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 94.88.