Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Information Technology and Developers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.42% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 2.91% or 1.85 points to trade at 65.35 at the close. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 2.71% or 199.00 points to end at 7550.00 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was up 2.69% or 0.99 points to 37.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which lost 1.82% or 0.39 points to trade at 21.04 in late trade. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 1.64% or 1.46 points to end at 87.35 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 1.52% or 0.25 points to 16.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 310 to 253 and 116 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.64% or 0.36 to $56.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.93% or 0.57 to hit $62.66 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.18% or 14.20 to trade at $1188.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.11% to 3.9918, while USD/PLN rose 0.25% to 3.7234.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 98.28.