Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 1.39% or 0.65 points to trade at 47.55 at the close. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) added 1.09% or 1.34 points to end at 123.92 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 0.91% or 0.48 points to 52.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which lost 4.48% or 2.92 points to trade at 62.22 in late trade. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 4.12% or 0.23 points to end at 5.35 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 4.06% or 2.98 points to 70.47.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 317 to 235 and 184 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.63% or 0.32 to $50.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $53.76 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 3.15% or 36.70 to trade at $1127.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.14% to 4.4306, while USD/PLN rose 1.25% to 4.2656.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.30% at 103.36.