Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 3.81% or 1.52 points to trade at 41.41 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 3.33% or 1.37 points to end at 42.53 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 3.21% or 7.60 points to 244.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included mBank (WA:MBK), which lost 1.08% or 4.80 points to trade at 440.00 in late trade. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) declined 0.80% or 0.020 points to end at 2.480 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) shed 0.80% or 1.00 points to 123.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 236 to 204 and 198 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.10% or 0.07 to $66.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $71.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.33% or 18.10 to trade at $1341.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.17% to 4.1776, while USD/PLN rose 0.20% to 3.3906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 89.50.