Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Construction and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 2.35% or 2.28 points to trade at 99.40 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 2.16% or 11.00 points to end at 521.00 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 1.84% or 1.30 points to 72.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which lost 3.66% or 1.68 points to trade at 44.19 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 3.41% or 0.92 points to end at 26.04 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) shed 3.39% or 7.80 points to 222.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 266 to 210 and 202 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.19% or 0.77 to $65.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.62% or 0.43 to hit $69.32 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.60 to trade at $1345.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.00% to 4.1526, while USD/PLN fell 0.62% to 3.3246.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 88.60.