Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Energy and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which rose 4.00% or 0.54 points to trade at 14.03 at the close. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) added 3.45% or 4.10 points to end at 122.98 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 2.82% or 2.39 points to 87.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included mBank (WA:MBK), which lost 1.72% or 7.40 points to trade at 422.60 in late trade. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 1.54% or 0.98 points to end at 62.50 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 1.51% or 5.40 points to 351.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 273 to 235 and 179 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.76% or 0.36 to $47.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.35% or 0.18 to hit $50.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.71 to trade at $1277.99 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.55% to 4.2668, while USD/PLN fell 0.24% to 3.6471.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.95.