Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP), which rose 6.01% or 0.54 points to trade at 9.53 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 3.14% or 3.15 points to end at 103.50 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 3.13% or 8.40 points to 277.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 3.94% or 3.92 points to trade at 95.64 in late trade. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) declined 3.45% or 0.100 points to end at 2.800 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) shed 2.99% or 0.32 points to 10.37.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 255 to 225 and 182 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.38% or 0.85 to $60.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.11% or 0.73 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.10 to trade at $1319.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.46% to 4.1884, while USD/PLN rose 0.71% to 3.4238.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 90.28.