Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Food and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which rose 3.86% or 0.45 points to trade at 12.10 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 3.30% or 7.50 points to end at 235.00 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 2.11% or 0.27 points to 13.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 3.34% or 3.67 points to trade at 106.36 in late trade. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 2.26% or 1.50 points to end at 64.94 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) shed 1.66% or 0.11 points to 6.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 279 to 201 and 185 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.92% or 0.90 to $46.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.81% or 0.89 to hit $48.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.18 to trade at $1251.68 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 1.24% to 4.2643, while USD/PLN rose 1.02% to 3.6581.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 93.86.