Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which rose 3.43% or 1.70 points to trade at 51.30 at the close. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 1.04% or 78.40 points to end at 7605.25 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 0.95% or 0.040 points to 4.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which lost 2.93% or 1.87 points to trade at 61.90 in late trade. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) declined 2.20% or 2.81 points to end at 125.11 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) shed 2.16% or 2.34 points to 105.97.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 291 to 199 and 179 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.28% or 0.13 to $46.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.92% or 0.46 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 8.24 to trade at $1291.14 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.04% to 4.2690, while USD/PLN rose 0.27% to 3.6364.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.55.