Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Developers and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.68% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 3.31% or 2.16 points to trade at 67.50 at the close. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) added 1.98% or 0.79 points to end at 40.59 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 1.81% or 145.00 points to 8135.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which lost 1.77% or 0.17 points to trade at 9.45 in late trade. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) declined 1.26% or 0.56 points to end at 43.88 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 1.21% or 0.44 points to 36.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 240 to 196 and 194 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.88% or 1.50 to $53.57 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.29% or 1.40 to hit $62.58 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.75% or 9.75 to trade at $1282.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.06% to 4.2899, while USD/PLN rose 0.35% to 3.7764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 96.007.