Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which rose 3.94% or 0.51 points to trade at 13.47 at the close. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 3.88% or 0.47 points to end at 12.59 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) was up 3.03% or 0.45 points to 15.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which lost 2.44% or 8.95 points to trade at 358.15 in late trade. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) declined 1.83% or 0.080 points to end at 4.280 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) shed 1.71% or 4.25 points to 244.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 302 to 196 and 185 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.41% or 0.20 to $48.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.39% or 0.20 to hit $51.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.46 to trade at $1293.56 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.29% to 4.2914, while USD/PLN fell 0.08% to 3.6319.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.03.