Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Media and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 5.45% or 2.69 points to trade at 52.09 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 4.61% or 12.70 points to end at 287.90 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was up 4.18% or 0.94 points to 23.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which lost 2.56% or 0.88 points to trade at 33.50 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 2.46% or 0.31 points to end at 12.31 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) shed 1.93% or 0.12 points to 6.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 263 to 229 and 168 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.29% or 0.10 to $34.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.71% or 0.26 to hit $36.55 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.72% or 8.90 to trade at $1239.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.02% to 4.3277, while USD/PLN rose 0.18% to 3.9912.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 98.45.