Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Media and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 7.40% or 21.90 points to trade at 317.90 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) added 5.43% or 0.64 points to end at 12.43 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) was up 3.89% or 0.130 points to 3.470 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 3.74% or 2.98 points to trade at 76.65 in late trade. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 3.07% or 3.61 points to end at 114.17 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) shed 3.03% or 1.94 points to 62.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 266 to 250 and 184 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.48% or 0.70 to $48.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.49% or 0.75 to hit $50.97 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.07 to trade at $1223.97 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.18% to 4.2181, while USD/PLN rose 0.13% to 3.8803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 99.48.