Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Information Technology and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 3.31% or 250.00 points to trade at 7800.00 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 2.28% or 1.48 points to end at 66.50 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 1.70% or 2.00 points to 119.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which lost 2.42% or 11.80 points to trade at 475.00 in late trade. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 2.22% or 0.82 points to end at 36.18 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 2.07% or 8.00 points to 378.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 299 to 280 and 95 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.97% or 0.56 to $57.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.44% or 0.28 to hit $65.14 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.46% or 17.40 to trade at $1176.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.87% to 4.0347, while USD/PLN rose 0.39% to 3.7094.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 97.05.