Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.52% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 4.60% or 13.50 points to trade at 307.00 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 3.85% or 1.97 points to end at 53.13 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 3.53% or 6.35 points to 186.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 6.74% or 338.95 points to trade at 4689.05 in late trade. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 3.25% or 1.09 points to end at 32.46 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 1.36% or 0.39 points to 28.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 279 to 208 and 224 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.30% or 0.94 to $41.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.95% or 0.84 to hit $43.94 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.30% or 4.05 to trade at $1368.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.22% to 4.2923, while USD/PLN rose 0.38% to 3.8543.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 95.66.