Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Construction and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Allegro (WA:ALEP), which rose 2.66% or 0.91 points to trade at 35.12 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 1.34% or 0.35 points to end at 26.50 and Grupa KĘTY SA (WA:KTY) was up 1.15% or 8.00 points to 705.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which lost 4.48% or 4.24 points to trade at 90.36 in late trade. Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP) declined 3.53% or 0.61 points to end at 16.56 and BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP) shed 3.08% or 15.40 points to 484.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 314 to 207 and 105 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.22% or 0.15 to $68.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $72.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 10.85 to trade at $2,595.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.17% to 4.34, while USD/PLN rose 0.30% to 4.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 106.28.