Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Chemicals and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.72% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 6.34% or 4.09 points to trade at 68.60 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 5.97% or 4.11 points to end at 73.00 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 5.34% or 5.34 points to 105.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 3.55% or 3.14 points to trade at 85.34 in late trade. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 1.91% or 0.11 points to end at 5.66 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) shed 1.63% or 0.15 points to 9.08.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 275 to 272 and 181 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.83% or 1.44 to $52.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.85% or 1.53 to hit $55.17 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.27% or 3.25 to trade at $1182.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.08% to 4.3703, while USD/PLN rose 0.50% to 4.1648.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 102.52.