Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 7.85% or 18.80 points to trade at 258.20 at the close. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) added 5.74% or 0.31 points to end at 5.71 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 5.49% or 13.40 points to 257.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which lost 3.10% or 1.80 points to trade at 56.20 in late trade. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 2.13% or 1.55 points to end at 71.25 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) shed 1.43% or 0.36 points to 24.84.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 238 to 196 and 198 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.55% or 0.35 to $63.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.63% or 0.43 to hit $68.45 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.82% or 11.00 to trade at $1329.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.01% to 4.2003, while USD/PLN rose 0.32% to 3.4322.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 90.16.