Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Energy and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which rose 1.68% or 0.11 points to trade at 6.67 at the close. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) added 0.81% or 0.18 points to end at 22.34 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was up 0.64% or 0.48 points to 75.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which lost 6.58% or 12.70 points to trade at 180.30 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 4.43% or 3.10 points to end at 66.88 and Play Communications SA (WA:PLY) shed 3.64% or 0.72 points to 19.04.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 258 to 174 and 178 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.96% or 1.50 to $74.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.27% or 1.10 to hit $85.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.80 to trade at $1205.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.14% to 4.3080, while USD/PLN fell 0.11% to 3.7438.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 95.43.