Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Oil & Gas and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which rose 10.05% or 0.89 points to trade at 9.75 at the close. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 9.05% or 0.68 points to end at 8.19 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) was up 6.61% or 0.160 points to 2.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which lost 2.48% or 3.60 points to trade at 141.40 in late trade. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) declined 2.30% or 1.23 points to end at 52.23 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 1.93% or 6.05 points to 307.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 281 to 247 and 204 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.94% or 1.48 to $51.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.46% or 1.27 to hit $52.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.65% or 8.25 to trade at $1271.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.03% to 4.3129, while USD/PLN rose 0.06% to 3.9314.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 97.88.