Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which rose 6.62% or 0.31 points to trade at 4.99 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 5.99% or 6.35 points to end at 112.35 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 5.81% or 14.00 points to 255.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which fell 4.13% or 1.31 points to trade at 30.39 at the close. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 1.63% or 0.34 points to end at 20.50 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGHM) was down 1.54% or 0.88 points to 56.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 302 to 270 and 105 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) fell to all time lows; losing 4.13% or 1.31 to 30.39.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 3.19% or 1.03 to $33.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 3.17% or 1.07 to hit $35.01 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.13% or 1.50 to trade at $1114.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.21% to 4.4671, while USD/PLN fell 0.74% to 4.0788.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 98.56.