Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Media and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 3.76% or 0.98 points to trade at 27.03 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 3.33% or 0.19 points to end at 5.90 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was up 1.88% or 0.53 points to 28.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OrangePL (WA:OPL), which lost 2.83% or 0.17 points to trade at 5.83 in late trade. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 2.26% or 1.09 points to end at 47.06 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) shed 2.11% or 1.58 points to 73.19.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 285 to 235 and 188 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.24% or 1.09 to $49.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.99% or 1.01 to hit $51.88 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1268.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.23% to 4.2993, while USD/PLN fell 0.17% to 3.8384.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 96.18.