Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.49% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 5.28% or 2.70 points to trade at 53.80 at the close. Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) added 4.97% or 4.50 points to end at 95.00 and Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1) was up 4.20% or 14.80 points to 367.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which lost 2.17% or 4.00 points to trade at 180.20 in late trade. PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) declined 1.56% or 0.65 points to end at 41.10 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) shed 1.53% or 0.14 points to 9.02.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 231 to 220 and 190 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.74% or 1.38 to $51.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.79% or 1.06 to hit $60.15 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.50 to trade at $1232.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.03% to 4.2875, while USD/PLN fell 0.10% to 3.7674.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.743.