Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Chemicals and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.70% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 3.89% or 1.48 points to trade at 39.50 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) added 2.73% or 1.50 points to end at 56.50 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 2.13% or 0.69 points to 33.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which lost 2.21% or 1.60 points to trade at 70.70 in late trade. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 0.83% or 0.08 points to end at 9.60 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) shed 0.63% or 0.33 points to 52.32.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 389 to 166 and 171 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.55% or 0.30 to $53.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.26% or 0.15 to hit $56.81 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.50% or 17.15 to trade at $1158.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.18% to 4.4120, while USD/PLN fell 0.54% to 4.2062.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.54% at 102.68.