Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Energy and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which rose 3.49% or 4.20 points to trade at 124.40 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 0.72% or 0.40 points to end at 55.90 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 0.40% or 1.15 points to 286.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which lost 9.50% or 4.04 points to trade at 38.50 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 2.91% or 0.20 points to end at 6.67 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 2.89% or 0.38 points to 12.76.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 274 to 240 and 165 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.23% or 1.34 to $40.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.54% or 1.06 to hit $40.73 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.99% or 24.90 to trade at $1223.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.08% to 4.2591, while USD/PLN rose 0.46% to 3.8114.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 96.15.