Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 4.17% or 2.04 points to trade at 51.00 at the close. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 2.40% or 0.21 points to end at 8.95 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was up 2.21% or 1.15 points to 53.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which lost 3.94% or 0.39 points to trade at 9.52 in late trade. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 3.87% or 2.59 points to end at 64.27 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 2.70% or 0.51 points to 18.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 230 to 216 and 208 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.11% or 0.05 to $45.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $46.49 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.50% or 6.75 to trade at $1355.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.40% to 4.4158, while USD/PLN fell 0.20% to 3.9989.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 96.43.