Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Media and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which rose 3.41% or 6.35 points to trade at 192.35 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 3.31% or 1.25 points to end at 39.00 and mBank (WA:MBK) was up 3.17% or 14.90 points to 484.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 2.88% or 1.96 points to trade at 66.00 in late trade. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) declined 1.03% or 1.35 points to end at 129.15 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) shed 0.91% or 0.15 points to 16.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 308 to 272 and 88 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.18% or 0.71 to $61.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.93% or 0.62 to hit $68.14 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.70 to trade at $1190.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.26% to 4.0396, while USD/PLN fell 1.02% to 3.5656.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.03% at 94.28.