Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 4.47% or 0.140 points to trade at 3.270 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) added 3.42% or 0.42 points to end at 12.69 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was up 2.30% or 0.29 points to 12.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which lost 4.09% or 17.40 points to trade at 408.40 in late trade. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) declined 1.85% or 1.08 points to end at 57.40 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 1.21% or 0.90 points to 73.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 288 to 239 and 170 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.92% or 0.57 to $61.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.59% or 0.40 to hit $67.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1322.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.15% to 4.1555, while USD/PLN rose 0.40% to 3.4520.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 91.72.