Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Construction and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.04% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 3.58% or 2.76 points to trade at 79.76 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 2.89% or 2.70 points to end at 96.00 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 2.65% or 1.76 points to 68.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which lost 2.99% or 1.39 points to trade at 45.13 in late trade. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) declined 2.58% or 7.50 points to end at 283.00 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) shed 2.19% or 1.03 points to 45.96.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 250 to 231 and 184 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.53% or 0.80 to $51.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.20% or 0.69 to hit $56.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.21 to trade at $1287.59 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.18% to 4.3163, while USD/PLN fell 0.47% to 3.6646.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.08.