Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 2.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 3.75% or 2.97 points to trade at 82.16 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 0.90% or 0.40 points to end at 44.79 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) was up 0.50% or 0.29 points to 57.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included mBank (WA:MBK), which lost 7.79% or 29.15 points to trade at 344.90 in late trade. PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) declined 7.32% or 2.18 points to end at 27.61 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 6.66% or 20.30 points to 284.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 345 to 180 and 120 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.82% or 0.82 to $44.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.06% or 0.53 to hit $49.06 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.40% or 4.30 to trade at $1089.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.58% to 4.1992, while USD/PLN rose 0.36% to 3.8415.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 97.86.