Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 7.66% or 2.63 points to trade at 36.98 at the close. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) added 4.35% or 0.20 points to end at 4.80 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was up 4.00% or 1.74 points to 45.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which lost 3.45% or 0.33 points to trade at 9.23 in late trade. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 1.82% or 0.80 points to end at 43.20 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) shed 1.45% or 0.14 points to 9.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 312 to 234 and 182 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.37% or 0.17 to $45.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.49% or 0.23 to hit $46.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.60 to trade at $1228.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.83% to 4.4396, while USD/PLN rose 0.97% to 4.1460.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 100.23.