Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Energy and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP), which rose 1.53% or 0.72 points to trade at 47.66 at the close. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 1.11% or 2.00 points to end at 182.80 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 0.54% or 0.05 points to 9.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which lost 6.95% or 2.36 points to trade at 31.60 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 4.09% or 0.19 points to end at 4.45 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 3.30% or 2.26 points to 66.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 250 to 187 and 178 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.76% or 1.27 to $73.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.03% or 1.65 to hit $83.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 8.70 to trade at $1196.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.34% to 4.2851, while USD/PLN rose 0.50% to 3.6867.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.63.