Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Banking and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 3.47% or 6.20 points to trade at 184.80 at the close. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) added 2.77% or 0.64 points to end at 23.74 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 2.58% or 0.20 points to 7.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which lost 4.66% or 2.12 points to trade at 43.36 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 2.46% or 0.50 points to end at 19.80 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) shed 2.17% or 0.20 points to 9.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 214 to 200 and 175 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.18% or 0.83 to $69.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $73.36 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.90 to trade at $1247.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.63% to 4.3142, while USD/PLN fell 0.76% to 3.6915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.47.