Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Banking and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 4.63% or 0.15 points to trade at 3.39 at the close. PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) added 3.39% or 0.94 points to end at 28.65 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 2.65% or 7.60 points to 294.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH), which lost 3.00% or 2.60 points to trade at 84.00 in late trade. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 1.99% or 0.45 points to end at 22.22 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) shed 1.37% or 0.58 points to 41.81.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 275 to 273 and 111 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.90% or 1.68 to $41.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.19% or 1.55 to hit $47.26 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.98% or 10.90 to trade at $1127.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.21% to 4.1727, while USD/PLN rose 0.00% to 3.7756.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 96.94.