Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Chemicals and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 7.20% or 3.31 points to trade at 49.31 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 3.50% or 1.71 points to end at 50.50 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 3.34% or 0.130 points to 4.020 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 2.16% or 1.43 points to trade at 64.72 in late trade. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) declined 1.04% or 0.79 points to end at 74.94 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) shed 0.46% or 0.05 points to 10.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 263 to 228 and 178 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.01% or 0.46 to $45.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.39% or 0.65 to hit $47.31 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.04% or 13.85 to trade at $1318.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.14% to 4.3764, while USD/PLN rose 0.06% to 3.9780.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 97.22.