Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Construction and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were mBank (WA:MBK), which rose 6.24% or 19.35 points to trade at 329.30 at the close. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) added 5.26% or 0.140 points to end at 2.800 and Boryszew SA (WA:BORY) was up 3.79% or 0.21 points to 5.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP), which lost 1.18% or 0.08 points to trade at 6.72 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 1.15% or 0.06 points to end at 5.16 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) shed 0.54% or 0.020 points to 3.670.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 252 to 238 and 193 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.48% or 0.74 to $49.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.54% or 0.78 to hit $49.84 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1270.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.38% to 4.3774, while USD/PLN fell 0.78% to 3.8777.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 93.87.