Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which rose 5.30% or 0.24 points to trade at 4.77 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 4.37% or 2.26 points to end at 53.92 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 4.37% or 314.00 points to 7499.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 4.58% or 3.60 points to trade at 75.00 in late trade. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) declined 1.44% or 1.30 points to end at 89.00 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 1.25% or 0.40 points to 31.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 268 to 256 and 128 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.67% or 0.33 to $48.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $55.98 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.16% or 1.80 to trade at $1093.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.00% to 4.1170, while USD/PLN fell 0.51% to 3.7494.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 97.33.