Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Oil & Gas and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 2.39% or 1.00 points to trade at 42.80 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 1.61% or 1.40 points to end at 88.18 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was up 1.35% or 0.65 points to 48.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which lost 3.20% or 0.080 points to trade at 2.420 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 2.34% or 0.25 points to end at 10.45 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) shed 2.11% or 0.13 points to 6.03.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 229 to 184 and 200 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.18% or 0.12 to $68.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $73.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 8.40 to trade at $1340.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.09% to 4.1711, while USD/PLN rose 0.58% to 3.3952.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 90.04.