Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 2.06% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 6.40% or 0.80 points to trade at 13.30 at the close. PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) added 4.35% or 1.14 points to end at 27.33 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 3.68% or 0.19 points to 5.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which lost 2.03% or 1.11 points to trade at 53.54 in late trade. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) declined 1.63% or 0.05 points to end at 3.02 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) shed 1.18% or 1.45 points to 121.55.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 321 to 210 and 171 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.78% or 0.30 to $38.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.05% or 0.42 to hit $40.27 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.70% or 8.70 to trade at $1228.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.25% to 4.2576, while USD/PLN fell 0.01% to 3.7606.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 94.89.