Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.61% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 4.28% or 0.97 points to trade at 23.65 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) added 1.98% or 4.40 points to end at 226.60 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 0.86% or 0.09 points to 10.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which lost 19.17% or 11.50 points to trade at 48.50 in late trade. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 3.79% or 4.30 points to end at 109.20 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) shed 3.00% or 1.33 points to 42.93.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 262 to 195 and 178 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.73% or 1.06 to $62.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.44% or 0.94 to hit $66.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.80 to trade at $1313.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.09% to 4.2168, while USD/PLN rose 0.22% to 3.4317.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 90.21.