Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Energy and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which rose 1.45% or 0.08 points to trade at 5.58 at the close. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) added 1.39% or 1.64 points to end at 119.67 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 1.01% or 0.71 points to 71.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 2.09% or 2.09 points to trade at 97.90 in late trade. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) declined 2.05% or 0.070 points to end at 3.350 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 2.04% or 9.35 points to 448.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 248 to 235 and 185 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.86% or 0.47 to $55.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.07% or 0.65 to hit $61.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 7.98 to trade at $1270.12 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.23% to 4.2441, while USD/PLN rose 0.65% to 3.6555.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 94.85.