Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 2.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 1.45% or 0.12 points to trade at 8.37 at the close. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) added 0.08% or 0.10 points to end at 124.90 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was down 0.20% or 0.10 points to 50.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which lost 5.73% or 3.05 points to trade at 50.15 in late trade. mBank (WA:MBK) declined 4.84% or 21.80 points to end at 429.00 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) shed 4.37% or 3.84 points to 84.11.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 245 to 189 and 175 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.09% or 1.43 to $69.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.77% or 1.30 to hit $74.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1312.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.63% to 4.2397, while USD/PLN fell 0.25% to 3.5496.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.50.