Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Energy and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 6.24% or 1.82 points to trade at 31.00 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 6.22% or 2.72 points to end at 46.42 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was up 4.92% or 1.58 points to 33.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which lost 2.61% or 1.96 points to trade at 73.09 in late trade. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) declined 2.51% or 0.17 points to end at 6.59 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) shed 1.58% or 80.00 points to 4970.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 240 to 237 and 176 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.57% or 0.26 to $45.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.72% or 0.34 to hit $47.71 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.40 to trade at $1328.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.12% to 4.4137, while USD/PLN rose 0.63% to 3.9888.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 96.60.