Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Media and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 3.53% or 4.09 points to trade at 120.06 at the close. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) added 2.97% or 1.79 points to end at 62.05 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) was up 2.73% or 0.24 points to 9.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 2.68% or 2.51 points to trade at 90.99 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 1.67% or 0.47 points to end at 27.64 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) shed 1.40% or 0.61 points to 42.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 254 to 223 and 170 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.27% or 1.25 to $56.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.04% or 1.25 to hit $62.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.91% or 11.69 to trade at $1289.89 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.15% to 4.2344, while USD/PLN fell 0.36% to 3.5903.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.61.