Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which rose 5.24% or 0.30 points to trade at 6.02 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 3.75% or 0.89 points to end at 24.60 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 3.71% or 4.16 points to 116.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which lost 9.16% or 25.00 points to trade at 247.80 in late trade. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) declined 1.80% or 0.17 points to end at 9.26 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) shed 1.66% or 0.17 points to 10.09.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 218 to 218 and 190 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.51% or 0.34 to $66.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.15% or 0.89 to hit $76.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.10 to trade at $1297.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.20% to 4.3079, while USD/PLN fell 0.03% to 3.6904.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 94.08.