Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 4.39% or 3.70 points to trade at 88.00 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 3.33% or 2.45 points to end at 75.95 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 3.10% or 0.29 points to 9.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which lost 2.41% or 10.60 points to trade at 429.80 in late trade. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 2.36% or 5.20 points to end at 214.80 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) shed 1.57% or 0.21 points to 13.14.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 247 to 231 and 195 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.23% or 0.15 to $64.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $69.39 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 8.10 to trade at $1331.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.03% to 4.1648, while USD/PLN fell 0.55% to 3.3999.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 90.24.