Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Construction and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 5.55% or 2.65 points to trade at 50.40 at the close. PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) added 5.35% or 2.20 points to end at 43.30 and mBank (WA:MBK) was up 4.98% or 21.40 points to 450.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which lost 3.51% or 0.30 points to trade at 8.25 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 2.85% or 2.36 points to end at 80.46 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 1.83% or 6.80 points to 364.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 214 to 202 and 184 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.45% or 0.30 to $67.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $73.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1306.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.18% to 4.2679, while USD/PLN rose 0.08% to 3.5675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 92.48.