Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which rose 2.96% or 0.30 points to trade at 10.45 at the close. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 2.75% or 5.50 points to end at 205.50 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 2.40% or 6.00 points to 256.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which lost 3.06% or 11.60 points to trade at 368.00 in late trade. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) declined 2.48% or 3.11 points to end at 122.47 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 1.95% or 1.15 points to 57.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 232 to 210 and 208 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.51% or 0.31 to $61.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.43% or 0.28 to hit $65.17 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 8.50 to trade at $1317.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.38% to 4.2165, while USD/PLN rose 0.76% to 3.4226.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 90.04.