Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Banking and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were mBank SA (WA:MBK), which rose 6.19% or 18.25 points to trade at 313.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) added 6.18% or 0.16 points to end at 2.75 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 5.98% or 15.15 points to 268.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which fell 5.44% or 2.83 points to trade at 49.17 at the close. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 3.62% or 0.83 points to end at 22.12 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was down 3.13% or 3.35 points to 103.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 291 to 265 and 120 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.89% or 0.33 to $36.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.98% or 0.40 to hit $39.72 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.38% or 4.10 to trade at $1072.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.04% to 4.3465, while USD/PLN rose 0.73% to 3.9732.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 97.86.