Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 5.06% or 12.70 points to trade at 263.75 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 3.90% or 6.45 points to end at 171.95 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 3.74% or 0.68 points to 18.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which lost 0.60% or 0.19 points to trade at 31.35 in late trade. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 53.40 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 35.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 274 to 202 and 193 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.48% or 1.65 to $45.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 3.38% or 1.65 to hit $47.15 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.68% or 9.35 to trade at $1357.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.24% to 4.4314, while USD/PLN rose 0.11% to 4.0062.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.31.