Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Energy and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 0.95% or 0.88 points to trade at 93.32 at the close. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) added 0.84% or 0.52 points to end at 62.50 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) was up 0.69% or 1.40 points to 204.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 1.98% or 2.42 points to trade at 119.50 in late trade. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 1.83% or 1.37 points to end at 73.55 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 1.76% or 6.85 points to 381.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 257 to 241 and 180 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.41% or 0.82 to $58.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $63.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.83 to trade at $1288.37 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.00% to 4.2076, while USD/PLN fell 0.71% to 3.5249.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 92.65.