Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.53% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which rose 3.47% or 0.49 points to trade at 14.60 at the close. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) added 3.06% or 0.110 points to end at 3.700 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 2.58% or 0.33 points to 13.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which lost 3.31% or 7.75 points to trade at 226.10 in late trade. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 1.64% or 5.05 points to end at 301.95 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) shed 0.89% or 1.00 points to 111.61.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 252 to 225 and 198 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.17% or 0.53 to $46.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.11% or 0.53 to hit $48.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.45 to trade at $1217.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.14% to 4.2239, while USD/PLN rose 0.09% to 3.7099.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 95.65.