Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 4.61% or 1.94 points to trade at 43.98 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 3.49% or 0.20 points to end at 5.93 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) was up 1.99% or 0.18 points to 9.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which lost 4.05% or 5.30 points to trade at 125.58 in late trade. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) declined 3.18% or 8.20 points to end at 250.00 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 3.05% or 1.85 points to 58.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 254 to 216 and 199 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.08% or 0.05 to $60.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $64.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.90 to trade at $1325.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.35% to 4.1980, while USD/PLN fell 0.16% to 3.3930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 89.71.