Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Basic Materials and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.65% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 12.61% or 5.45 points to trade at 48.67 at the close. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) added 3.26% or 2.82 points to end at 89.39 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 2.89% or 1.71 points to 60.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which lost 2.53% or 0.25 points to trade at 9.65 in late trade. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) declined 2.50% or 3.70 points to end at 144.30 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) shed 1.95% or 1.40 points to 70.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 278 to 255 and 185 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $47.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $48.88 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.29% or 3.40 to trade at $1184.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.21% to 4.4243, while USD/PLN fell 0.25% to 4.1896.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 101.71.