Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Media and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 2.56% or 1.74 points to trade at 69.60 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) added 2.15% or 5.50 points to end at 261.50 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 0.96% or 0.06 points to 6.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which lost 3.29% or 7.00 points to trade at 205.60 in late trade. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 3.10% or 3.41 points to end at 106.75 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) shed 2.78% or 0.28 points to 9.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 312 to 223 and 175 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.67% or 0.40 to $60.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.85% or 0.56 to hit $66.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 10.00 to trade at $1307.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.03% to 4.1761, while USD/PLN fell 0.69% to 3.4741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 91.84.