Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Information Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which rose 5.52% or 0.29 points to trade at 5.54 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 3.51% or 1.20 points to end at 35.40 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 2.53% or 9.10 points to 368.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 3.13% or 2.63 points to trade at 81.42 in late trade. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) declined 2.52% or 3.15 points to end at 121.93 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) shed 2.39% or 0.110 points to 4.500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 254 to 231 and 188 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.35% or 0.66 to $49.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.94% or 1.00 to hit $52.49 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 9.09 to trade at $1269.09 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.14% to 4.2547, while USD/PLN fell 0.45% to 3.6220.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 93.23.