Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Energy and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which rose 3.86% or 6.80 points to trade at 182.80 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 2.04% or 0.77 points to end at 38.54 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 1.65% or 0.61 points to 37.58 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which lost 3.24% or 6.80 points to trade at 203.00 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 3.23% or 2.46 points to end at 73.62 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) shed 2.36% or 0.050 points to 2.070.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 228 to 184 and 214 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.40% or 0.27 to $68.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.38% or 0.28 to hit $72.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.96% or 11.80 to trade at $1216.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.68% to 4.3370, while USD/PLN rose 0.98% to 3.7378.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 95.27.