Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH), which rose 1.80% or 1.93 points to trade at 109.43 at the close. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) added 1.55% or 0.67 points to end at 43.88 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was up 1.47% or 0.18 points to 12.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which lost 4.55% or 11.10 points to trade at 232.90 in late trade. PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) declined 2.68% or 1.50 points to end at 54.50 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 2.51% or 1.77 points to 68.88.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 323 to 199 and 179 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.63% or 0.36 to $57.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.61% or 0.39 to hit $64.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.20 to trade at $1268.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.10% to 4.2035, while USD/PLN fell 0.20% to 3.5396.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 92.90.