Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which rose 6.24% or 0.63 points to trade at 10.73 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 3.66% or 1.54 points to end at 43.58 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 3.53% or 2.15 points to 63.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which lost 3.91% or 1.67 points to trade at 40.99 in late trade. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) declined 2.15% or 2.28 points to end at 103.75 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) shed 2.09% or 195.00 points to 9150.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 249 to 215 and 186 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.86% or 1.72 to $61.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.61% or 1.66 to hit $65.27 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.80 to trade at $1325.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.19% to 4.1959, while USD/PLN fell 0.31% to 3.4039.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 89.98.