Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Construction and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which rose 1.40% or 0.92 points to trade at 66.78 at the close. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 0.55% or 50.00 points to end at 9100.00 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 0.43% or 0.48 points to 110.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which lost 4.68% or 9.60 points to trade at 195.40 in late trade. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) declined 3.42% or 3.27 points to end at 92.34 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 3.12% or 13.40 points to 416.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 248 to 176 and 203 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.94% or 1.31 to $68.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.42% or 1.03 to hit $73.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.60 to trade at $1223.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.20% to 4.2715, while USD/PLN rose 0.56% to 3.6767.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 94.77.