Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Media and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 6.34% or 4.35 points to trade at 72.95 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 3.66% or 12.90 points to end at 364.90 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 2.67% or 8.75 points to 336.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which lost 2.10% or 0.65 points to trade at 30.25 in late trade. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) declined 2.07% or 4.50 points to end at 213.00 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) shed 2.04% or 0.85 points to 40.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 293 to 257 and 177 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.70% or 0.89 to $53.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.96% or 1.08 to hit $56.18 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.45% or 5.35 to trade at $1201.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.15% to 4.3769, while USD/PLN fell 0.59% to 4.1055.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.68% at 101.01.