Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 1.37% or 0.12 points to trade at 8.85 at the close. PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) added 1.19% or 0.70 points to end at 59.50 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 1.17% or 0.13 points to 11.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 2.90% or 2.90 points to trade at 97.10 in late trade. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 2.17% or 0.14 points to end at 6.31 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) shed 2.04% or 0.48 points to 23.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 246 to 240 and 212 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.40% or 0.24 to $60.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.51% or 0.33 to hit $64.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.40 to trade at $1353.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.16% to 4.1610, while USD/PLN fell 0.06% to 3.3350.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 88.72.