Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 4.65% or 0.84 points to trade at 18.90 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 3.04% or 2.00 points to end at 67.88 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) was up 2.58% or 0.13 points to 5.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which lost 1.61% or 3.00 points to trade at 183.00 in late trade. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 1.51% or 0.75 points to end at 49.00 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 0.93% or 0.30 points to 31.84.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 284 to 199 and 158 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.91% or 0.90 to $47.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.93% or 1.08 to hit $57.03 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.55 to trade at $1287.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.04% to 4.2882, while USD/PLN fell 0.16% to 3.7597.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 95.697.