Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Banking and Developers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 6.39% or 4.70 points to trade at 78.30 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) added 3.45% or 9.55 points to end at 286.00 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 1.53% or 0.10 points to 6.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which lost 2.82% or 2.00 points to trade at 69.00 in late trade. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 2.70% or 9.90 points to end at 356.20 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) shed 2.45% or 0.88 points to 35.08.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 279 to 279 and 163 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.14% or 0.07 to $49.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $51.88 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.56 to trade at $1267.46 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.2279, while USD/PLN rose 0.04% to 3.8830.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 98.97.