Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Information Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 2.83% or 2.12 points to trade at 77.12 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 2.69% or 1.45 points to end at 55.37 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 2.06% or 1.67 points to 82.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which lost 3.00% or 4.80 points to trade at 155.00 in late trade. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 2.78% or 8.10 points to end at 283.00 and PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) shed 2.68% or 0.79 points to 28.67.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 267 to 265 and 118 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.66% or 0.32 to $48.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.37% or 0.76 to hit $54.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.89% or 9.70 to trade at $1084.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.57% to 4.1436, while USD/PLN rose 0.68% to 3.7767.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.40.