Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Basic Materials and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 4.13% or 3.34 points to trade at 84.16 at the close. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) added 3.72% or 5.20 points to end at 145.00 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was up 2.60% or 1.40 points to 55.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which lost 3.06% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.220 in late trade. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) declined 2.13% or 0.19 points to end at 8.73 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 2.06% or 1.20 points to 57.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 268 to 213 and 169 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.43% or 0.31 to $71.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.27% or 0.21 to hit $78.22 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1289.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.34% to 4.2801, while USD/PLN rose 0.09% to 3.6312.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.36.