Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 2.01% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 11.80% or 20.55 points to trade at 194.65 at the close. Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) added 5.32% or 5.25 points to end at 103.90 and Play Communications SA (WA:PLY) was up 3.26% or 0.68 points to 21.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which lost 1.80% or 3.35 points to trade at 182.65 in late trade. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 1.36% or 2.40 points to end at 173.50 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 0.45% or 0.30 points to 66.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 266 to 195 and 190 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.81% or 0.96 to $52.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.71% or 1.05 to hit $60.45 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.35 to trade at $1284.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.17% to 4.2916, while USD/PLN fell 0.12% to 3.7674.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 95.718.