Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 1.99% or 1.20 points to trade at 61.50 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 1.89% or 1.00 points to end at 54.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 1.10% or 0.51 points to 46.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which lost 5.23% or 3.90 points to trade at 70.60 in late trade. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 4.52% or 5.00 points to end at 105.72 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) shed 3.86% or 4.50 points to 112.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 265 to 209 and 203 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.81% or 0.53 to $66.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.74% or 0.52 to hit $71.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.80 to trade at $1360.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.33% to 4.1387, while USD/PLN fell 0.94% to 3.3148.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.56.