Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Information Technology, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 3.21% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.250 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) added 2.90% or 0.33 points to end at 11.70 and Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) was up 2.47% or 2.35 points to 97.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included mBank (WA:MBK), which lost 3.54% or 15.00 points to trade at 408.40 in late trade. Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1) declined 3.05% or 11.20 points to end at 355.80 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) shed 2.44% or 2.75 points to 110.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 224 to 221 and 187 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.49% or 0.25 to $51.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.57% or 0.34 to hit $59.57 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.60 to trade at $1226.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.13% to 4.2912, while USD/PLN rose 0.74% to 3.7896.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 97.075.