Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Developers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 2.32% or 0.91 points to trade at 40.18 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 1.37% or 0.70 points to end at 51.80 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 1.21% or 0.50 points to 41.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 4.15% or 3.26 points to trade at 75.20 in late trade. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 3.10% or 0.70 points to end at 21.90 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) shed 3.00% or 6.40 points to 206.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 254 to 173 and 203 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.54% or 0.35 to $65.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.51% or 0.36 to hit $71.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1185.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.40% to 4.3047, while USD/PLN fell 0.77% to 3.7806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 96.42.