Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Banking and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which rose 3.76% or 0.82 points to trade at 22.60 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 2.86% or 1.24 points to end at 44.54 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 2.78% or 1.04 points to 38.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which lost 4.30% or 9.80 points to trade at 218.20 in late trade. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 3.57% or 12.60 points to end at 340.00 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) shed 3.52% or 6.40 points to 175.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 241 to 162 and 183 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.15% or 0.10 to $65.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.40% or 1.05 to hit $73.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.50 to trade at $1270.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.29% to 4.3303, while USD/PLN rose 0.06% to 3.7325.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.56.