Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 2.11% or 2.20 points to trade at 106.30 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) added 2.06% or 0.20 points to end at 9.90 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 1.26% or 0.11 points to 8.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which lost 4.95% or 4.90 points to trade at 94.05 in late trade. Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1) declined 3.40% or 12.40 points to end at 352.60 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) shed 3.38% or 5.40 points to 154.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 278 to 215 and 165 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 3.56% or 1.66 to $44.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 3.60% or 1.99 to hit $53.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 9.55 to trade at $1279.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.20% to 4.2953, while USD/PLN fell 0.42% to 3.7603.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 96.160.