Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Developers and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP), which rose 4.53% or 0.26 points to trade at 6.00 at the close. Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA (WA:BHW) added 3.85% or 3.29 points to end at 88.79 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 3.12% or 3.10 points to 102.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which lost 3.88% or 2.18 points to trade at 54.01 in late trade. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 1.45% or 0.10 points to end at 6.80 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 1.21% or 0.35 points to 28.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 284 to 256 and 105 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.56% or 1.32 to $52.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 3.34% or 1.91 to hit $58.95 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.30 to trade at $1161.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.43% to 4.2207, while USD/PLN rose 0.12% to 3.8317.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 96.78.