Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 3.50% or 3.55 points to trade at 105.11 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 2.84% or 10.90 points to end at 395.00 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 2.77% or 1.90 points to 70.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which lost 3.74% or 1.41 points to trade at 36.30 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 1.04% or 0.05 points to end at 4.78 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) shed 0.84% or 0.63 points to 74.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 286 to 246 and 190 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.48% or 0.23 to $47.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.25 to trade at $1246.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.43% to 4.2621, while USD/PLN fell 0.35% to 3.9512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 99.53.