Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Information Technology and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.84% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which rose 5.74% or 1.80 points to trade at 33.15 at the close. PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) added 3.23% or 1.39 points to end at 44.40 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) was up 2.75% or 0.070 points to 2.620 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which lost 2.30% or 0.110 points to trade at 4.680 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 2.10% or 0.22 points to end at 10.24 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) shed 1.18% or 1.70 points to 142.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 277 to 265 and 191 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.57% or 0.77 to $49.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.66% or 0.83 to hit $50.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.26% or 3.35 to trade at $1269.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.31% to 4.3377, while USD/PLN rose 0.38% to 3.9799.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 98.88.