Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Developers and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH), which rose 6.36% or 7.65 points to trade at 127.85 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) added 4.61% or 11.20 points to end at 254.00 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 4.17% or 2.96 points to 73.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 2.19% or 2.37 points to trade at 105.75 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 2.01% or 133.25 points to end at 6502.00 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) shed 1.19% or 0.040 points to 3.310.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 273 to 259 and 185 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.47% or 0.24 to $51.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.59% or 0.32 to hit $54.49 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.66% or 8.35 to trade at $1250.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.39% to 4.2325, while USD/PLN fell 0.25% to 3.9710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 100.53.