Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which rose 4.26% or 0.26 points to trade at 6.37 at the close. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 3.23% or 0.40 points to end at 12.80 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) was up 3.00% or 1.28 points to 43.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which lost 1.91% or 0.79 points to trade at 40.63 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 1.68% or 0.10 points to end at 5.87 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) shed 1.11% or 0.63 points to 56.17.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 348 to 236 and 146 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.70% or 0.42 to $59.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.86% or 0.57 to hit $65.89 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1290.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.18% to 4.1920, while USD/PLN fell 0.53% to 3.5229.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.