Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 4.61% or 4.14 points to trade at 93.85 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 4.55% or 2.30 points to end at 52.80 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 2.59% or 2.25 points to 89.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which lost 3.31% or 0.55 points to trade at 16.05 in late trade. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) declined 3.20% or 0.11 points to end at 3.33 and PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) shed 2.78% or 0.80 points to 27.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 287 to 247 and 127 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.66% or 0.28 to $42.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.74% or 0.36 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.24% or 2.70 to trade at $1112.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.1862, while USD/PLN rose 0.58% to 3.7686.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 96.63.