Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Media and Developers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 4.33% or 13.90 points to trade at 335.00 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 3.70% or 2.50 points to end at 70.15 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 3.16% or 0.21 points to 6.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 5.24% or 0.65 points to trade at 11.75 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 2.78% or 0.53 points to end at 18.56 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 2.70% or 11.85 points to 427.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 317 to 235 and 111 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.38% or 0.23 to $60.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.35% or 0.23 to hit $64.09 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.93% or 22.70 to trade at $1199.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.58% to 4.1764, while USD/PLN rose 0.02% to 3.6642.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 94.07.