Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Information Technology and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which rose 3.53% or 7.50 points to trade at 220.00 at the close. PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) added 2.72% or 1.60 points to end at 60.50 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 1.75% or 2.00 points to 116.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 3.46% or 3.48 points to trade at 97.12 in late trade. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 2.59% or 0.64 points to end at 24.06 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 2.37% or 1.44 points to 59.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 250 to 227 and 191 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.08% or 0.05 to $64.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.70 to trade at $1340.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.18% to 4.1506, while USD/PLN fell 0.36% to 3.3403.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 88.91.