Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Food and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 3.58% or 0.25 points to trade at 7.10 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 1.49% or 0.26 points to end at 17.76 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 0.75% or 0.04 points to 5.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Text SA (WA:TXTP), which lost 3.09% or 2.10 points to trade at 65.80 in late trade. Grupa KĘTY SA (WA:KTY) declined 3.01% or 21.00 points to end at 676.50 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 2.85% or 0.61 points to 20.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 316 to 230 and 97 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.96% or 1.38 to $69.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.29% or 0.21 to hit $72.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.42% or 37.06 to trade at $2,645.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.24% to 4.26, while USD/PLN fell 0.36% to 4.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 107.50.