Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Media, Basic Materials and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa KĘTY SA (WA:KTY), which rose 1.94% or 17.00 points to trade at 893.50 at the close. Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP) added 1.85% or 0.40 points to end at 22.02 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 1.66% or 7.60 points to 464.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which lost 1.51% or 0.11 points to trade at 6.93 in late trade. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) declined 1.35% or 1.95 points to end at 142.10 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 1.18% or 7.20 points to 605.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 236 to 228 and 119 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.05% or 0.04 to $81.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.08% or 0.07 to hit $85.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.20% or 28.45 to trade at $2,340.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.12% to 4.33, while USD/PLN rose 0.28% to 4.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 105.54.