Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 2.96% or 0.24 points to trade at 8.34 at the close. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 2.91% or 265.00 points to end at 9360.00 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 2.14% or 5.80 points to 276.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which lost 3.02% or 1.22 points to trade at 39.24 in late trade. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) declined 2.96% or 0.27 points to end at 8.86 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) shed 2.78% or 2.00 points to 70.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 251 to 179 and 186 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.02% or 0.73 to $71.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.65% or 0.52 to hit $79.28 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.09% or 14.00 to trade at $1303.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.33% to 4.3167, while USD/PLN rose 0.08% to 3.6807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.71.