Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which rose 3.74% or 6.25 points to trade at 173.20 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 3.09% or 2.03 points to end at 67.71 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 2.55% or 133.00 points to 5351.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which lost 3.58% or 0.210 points to trade at 5.650 in late trade. PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) declined 2.53% or 1.33 points to end at 51.30 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 1.27% or 0.89 points to 69.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 305 to 258 and 166 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.43% or 0.23 to $53.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.50% or 0.28 to hit $56.84 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 2.95 to trade at $1222.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.32% to 4.3033, while USD/PLN fell 0.63% to 3.9874.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 99.58.