Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which rose 5.16% or 6.65 points to trade at 135.65 at the close. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) added 4.78% or 0.31 points to end at 6.80 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 2.88% or 5.40 points to 192.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which lost 1.37% or 0.24 points to trade at 17.22 in late trade. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) declined 1.37% or 0.69 points to end at 49.66 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) shed 0.78% or 0.12 points to 15.18.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 319 to 240 and 105 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.49% or 0.68 to $45.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.43% or 0.71 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.64% or 7.00 to trade at $1083.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.17% to 4.1748, while USD/PLN fell 0.06% to 3.8403.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 98.22.