Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Energy and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which rose 4.11% or 0.43 points to trade at 10.88 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) added 3.52% or 0.47 points to end at 13.82 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 3.49% or 0.54 points to 16.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included mBank (WA:MBK), which lost 3.27% or 10.55 points to trade at 312.30 in late trade. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) declined 2.26% or 3.90 points to end at 168.60 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 1.86% or 5.05 points to 266.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 244 to 240 and 180 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.51% or 0.76 to $51.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.75% or 0.90 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.36% or 16.90 to trade at $1263.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.70% to 4.3223, while USD/PLN fell 1.09% to 3.7913.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 93.50.