Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Telecoms and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 4.38% or 2.40 points to trade at 57.20 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) added 3.88% or 2.25 points to end at 60.18 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 2.44% or 0.16 points to 6.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which lost 2.18% or 3.90 points to trade at 175.00 in late trade. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 1.83% or 0.29 points to end at 15.57 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 1.78% or 7.30 points to 403.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 265 to 255 and 127 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.05% or 0.60 to $57.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.09% or 0.68 to hit $62.69 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.54% or 6.30 to trade at $1163.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.10% to 4.1922, while USD/PLN fell 0.27% to 3.7791.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 96.22.