Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Chemicals and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.76% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 9.84% or 4.67 points to trade at 52.15 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 5.58% or 3.50 points to end at 66.20 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 3.97% or 7.70 points to 201.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which lost 1.32% or 0.33 points to trade at 24.70 in late trade. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) declined 0.58% or 0.70 points to end at 120.42 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) shed 0.21% or 0.10 points to 48.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 287 to 243 and 192 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.33% or 0.66 to $50.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.06% or 0.56 to hit $53.56 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.39% or 4.55 to trade at $1172.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.27% to 4.4464, while USD/PLN rose 1.46% to 4.1841.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.81% at 101.09.