Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 5.73% or 16.10 points to trade at 297.20 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 5.21% or 2.50 points to end at 50.50 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) was up 4.50% or 0.28 points to 6.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which lost 6.36% or 6.09 points to trade at 89.71 in late trade. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 2.50% or 2.08 points to end at 81.00 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) shed 2.23% or 0.18 points to 7.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 277 to 255 and 128 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.61% or 1.13 to $42.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.55% or 0.78 to hit $49.40 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.75% or 8.40 to trade at $1115.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.22% to 4.1761, while USD/PLN fell 0.04% to 3.7497.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 96.50.