Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Construction and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 7.63% or 25.00 points to trade at 352.60 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 7.56% or 0.58 points to end at 8.25 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) was up 3.09% or 0.14 points to 4.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which lost 1.92% or 0.19 points to trade at 9.70 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 1.23% or 0.28 points to end at 22.42 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) shed 1.19% or 0.11 points to 9.13.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 214 to 205 and 165 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.48% or 0.96 to $65.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $75.01 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.70 to trade at $1275.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.16% to 4.3195, while USD/PLN rose 0.17% to 3.7272.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.66.