Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Media and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Play Communications SA (WA:PLY), which rose 5.55% or 1.20 points to trade at 22.82 at the close. Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1) added 4.12% or 14.80 points to end at 373.80 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 3.98% or 320.00 points to 8370.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which lost 2.61% or 5.10 points to trade at 190.00 in late trade. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) declined 0.83% or 0.40 points to end at 48.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) shed 0.29% or 0.13 points to 44.66.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 261 to 191 and 171 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.68% or 0.91 to $55.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.83% or 0.51 to hit $62.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 10.15 to trade at $1325.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.51% to 4.2616, while USD/PLN fell 0.29% to 3.7212.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 95.232.