Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 7.70% or 4.35 points to trade at 60.85 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 4.01% or 0.23 points to end at 5.96 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 3.43% or 7.80 points to 235.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which lost 7.09% or 5.80 points to trade at 76.00 in late trade. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) declined 4.71% or 2.01 points to end at 40.65 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 3.62% or 13.60 points to 362.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 238 to 215 and 196 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.24% or 0.76 to $60.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.93% or 0.60 to hit $63.74 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.80 to trade at $1321.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.05% to 4.2050, while USD/PLN rose 0.69% to 3.4132.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 90.07.