Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Basic Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.20% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 12.10% or 0.76 points to trade at 7.04 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 6.62% or 4.50 points to end at 72.50 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 3.09% or 1.00 points to 33.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 2.31% or 2.02 points to trade at 85.45 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 1.47% or 1.00 points to end at 67.20 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) shed 1.44% or 0.08 points to 5.46.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 324 to 254 and 172 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.06% or 1.09 to $54.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.18% or 1.21 to hit $56.84 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.85 to trade at $1234.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.29% to 4.2999, while USD/PLN fell 0.21% to 4.0396.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 100.67.