Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP), which rose 1.76% or 0.17 points to trade at 9.84 at the close. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 1.63% or 160.00 points to end at 9950.00 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 0.68% or 0.08 points to 11.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included mBank (WA:MBK), which lost 3.93% or 20.50 points to trade at 500.50 in late trade. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 3.47% or 2.50 points to end at 69.50 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) shed 3.20% or 3.42 points to 103.53.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 254 to 199 and 213 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.57% or 1.03 to $64.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.14% or 1.49 to hit $68.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.01% or 13.60 to trade at $1334.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.26% to 4.1661, while USD/PLN rose 0.73% to 3.3464.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.68% at 89.08.