Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media, Food and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 2.77% or 1.20 points to trade at 44.50 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 2.15% or 0.17 points to end at 8.09 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 1.73% or 0.66 points to 38.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which lost 2.44% or 0.54 points to trade at 21.56 in late trade. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 2.36% or 1.04 points to end at 43.06 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) shed 1.87% or 4.00 points to 210.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 219 to 186 and 186 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.22% or 2.27 to $72.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.25% or 1.71 to hit $77.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.70 to trade at $1256.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.27% to 4.3484, while USD/PLN rose 0.82% to 3.7538.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 94.81.