Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Energy and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 3.84% or 2.40 points to trade at 64.90 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) added 2.77% or 0.24 points to end at 8.90 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 1.20% or 3.75 points to 315.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which lost 1.29% or 0.54 points to trade at 41.40 in late trade. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 1.05% or 0.63 points to end at 59.27 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) shed 1.02% or 1.31 points to 127.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 285 to 251 and 180 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.20% or 0.61 to $50.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.88% or 0.46 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.10% or 1.25 to trade at $1254.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.53% to 4.3055, while USD/PLN rose 0.86% to 3.9082.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 97.95.