Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Basic Materials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which rose 0.97% or 1.90 points to trade at 196.90 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 0.85% or 0.54 points to end at 64.25 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 0.76% or 0.64 points to 84.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which lost 7.48% or 0.98 points to trade at 12.12 in late trade. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 5.41% or 0.85 points to end at 14.85 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) shed 3.52% or 0.33 points to 9.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 265 to 221 and 191 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.69% or 0.34 to $49.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.27% or 0.14 to hit $52.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 10.64 to trade at $1289.94 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.37% to 4.2828, while USD/PLN rose 0.43% to 3.6445.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.41.