Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 2.97% or 1.70 points to trade at 58.90 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 2.83% or 2.20 points to end at 79.90 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 2.69% or 2.80 points to 107.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which lost 5.39% or 11.80 points to trade at 207.00 in late trade. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 2.05% or 0.25 points to end at 11.95 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) shed 1.80% or 0.18 points to 9.82.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 269 to 223 and 185 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.19% or 0.12 to $63.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $69.36 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 9.40 to trade at $1331.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.06% to 4.1701, while USD/PLN fell 0.77% to 3.4371.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 91.06.