Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Media and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 4.74% or 10.80 points to trade at 238.80 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 3.92% or 2.00 points to end at 53.00 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 3.08% or 13.20 points to 442.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which lost 4.70% or 0.60 points to trade at 12.16 in late trade. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) declined 3.94% or 0.50 points to end at 12.19 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) shed 3.38% or 10.00 points to 286.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 247 to 223 and 200 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.60% or 0.39 to $64.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $69.91 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.17% or 15.70 to trade at $1352.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.36% to 4.1513, while USD/PLN fell 1.11% to 3.3500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.86% at 89.11.