Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Food and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which rose 2.75% or 0.18 points to trade at 6.73 at the close. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 2.50% or 0.27 points to end at 11.08 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 2.34% or 0.30 points to 13.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which lost 1.30% or 0.10 points to trade at 7.58 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 1.28% or 0.99 points to end at 76.39 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 0.73% or 0.39 points to 52.96.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 246 to 223 and 196 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.23% or 0.57 to $46.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.29% or 0.63 to hit $49.47 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.77 to trade at $1240.13 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.17% to 4.2104, while USD/PLN rose 0.52% to 3.6566.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.59.