Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 1.64% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 2.94% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.450 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) added 2.40% or 5.00 points to end at 213.00 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 2.25% or 0.18 points to 8.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 6.47% or 5.50 points to trade at 79.50 in late trade. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) declined 3.76% or 2.04 points to end at 52.18 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) shed 3.64% or 3.17 points to 83.97.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 333 to 139 and 166 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.11% or 1.38 to $63.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.90% or 1.32 to hit $68.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.18% or 15.80 to trade at $1326.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.24% to 4.2026, while USD/PLN rose 0.20% to 3.4036.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 89.45.