Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 2.04% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 3.34% or 6.50 points to trade at 201.00 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 2.49% or 0.70 points to end at 28.80 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 1.80% or 1.10 points to 62.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which lost 5.18% or 8.50 points to trade at 155.50 in late trade. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) declined 4.03% or 1.70 points to end at 40.53 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) shed 3.67% or 1.60 points to 42.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 279 to 166 and 170 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.53% or 1.90 to $73.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.15% or 1.83 to hit $83.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1192.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.3137, while USD/PLN fell 0.21% to 3.7388.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 95.09.