Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Information Technology and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 6.34% or 3.85 points to trade at 64.55 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 5.74% or 11.60 points to end at 213.60 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 5.29% or 1.70 points to 33.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 2.45% or 2.51 points to trade at 100.11 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 1.55% or 140.00 points to end at 8870.00 and Play Communications SA (WA:PLY) shed 1.36% or 0.28 points to 20.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 234 to 216 and 175 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.92% or 0.63 to $69.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.27% or 0.21 to hit $78.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 7.80 to trade at $1200.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.15% to 4.3097, while USD/PLN rose 0.54% to 3.7010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 94.85.