Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which rose 5.69% or 0.25 points to trade at 4.64 at the close. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) added 3.59% or 2.34 points to end at 67.44 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 3.22% or 1.35 points to 43.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 4.39% or 5.35 points to trade at 116.43 in late trade. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 3.12% or 8.90 points to end at 276.45 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 1.99% or 1.22 points to 60.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 294 to 243 and 172 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.34% or 1.16 to $48.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.25% or 1.18 to hit $51.23 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.92 to trade at $1267.12 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.08% to 4.2235, while USD/PLN rose 0.19% to 3.8841.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 99.04.