Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 27.81% or 3.09 points to trade at 14.20 at the close. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) added 5.93% or 0.35 points to end at 6.25 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) was up 2.89% or 1.81 points to 64.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 2.70% or 1.94 points to trade at 70.03 in late trade. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) declined 2.25% or 9.93 points to end at 430.62 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 1.83% or 1.72 points to 92.09.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 290 to 277 and 100 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 5.29% or 2.36 to $46.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 4.18% or 2.00 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.69% or 18.60 to trade at $1121.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.05% to 4.1995, while USD/PLN fell 0.35% to 3.7150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 95.39.