Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 3.19% or 7.40 points to trade at 239.40 at the close. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 2.60% or 0.25 points to end at 9.88 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) was up 2.39% or 4.60 points to 197.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which lost 4.29% or 15.60 points to trade at 348.40 in late trade. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 3.57% or 0.20 points to end at 5.40 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 2.71% or 2.32 points to 83.18.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 273 to 208 and 165 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.60% or 0.38 to $63.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.70% or 0.48 to hit $67.64 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1338.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.2035, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.00% to 3.4192.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 89.72.