Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Media and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.22% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 1.10% or 0.90 points to trade at 82.50 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 0.85% or 0.22 points to end at 26.13 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 0.82% or 0.05 points to 6.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 4.68% or 455.00 points to trade at 9265.00 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 4.56% or 4.72 points to end at 98.78 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) shed 4.32% or 4.80 points to 106.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 303 to 186 and 181 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 3.07% or 1.88 to $59.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.87% or 1.86 to hit $62.95 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.00 to trade at $1321.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.00% to 4.1915, while USD/PLN rose 0.20% to 3.4295.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 90.36.