Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Construction and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.77% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 4.61% or 1.85 points to trade at 41.95 at the close. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 1.01% or 90.00 points to end at 8990.00 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 0.85% or 0.05 points to 5.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 2.87% or 2.54 points to trade at 86.02 in late trade. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) declined 2.87% or 6.80 points to end at 230.20 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) shed 2.79% or 6.00 points to 209.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 259 to 199 and 190 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.60% or 1.03 to $65.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.41% or 0.97 to hit $69.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.57% or 20.80 to trade at $1348.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.04% to 4.2250, while USD/PLN fell 0.42% to 3.4184.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 89.09.