Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were mBank (WA:MBK), which rose 3.26% or 14.60 points to trade at 463.00 at the close. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) added 1.82% or 2.25 points to end at 125.58 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 1.64% or 1.65 points to 102.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which lost 2.00% or 1.92 points to trade at 94.00 in late trade. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) declined 1.82% or 0.24 points to end at 12.95 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) shed 1.52% or 0.67 points to 43.46.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 259 to 239 and 191 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.29% or 0.73 to $57.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.74% or 1.08 to hit $63.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.80 to trade at $1249.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.24% to 4.1980, while USD/PLN fell 0.18% to 3.5683.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.92.