Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Play Communications SA (WA:PLY), which rose 4.06% or 0.61 points to trade at 15.62 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) added 1.93% or 0.23 points to end at 12.14 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) was up 1.48% or 0.030 points to 2.060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which lost 5.58% or 2.25 points to trade at 38.07 in late trade. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 5.42% or 2.90 points to end at 50.65 and Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) shed 5.41% or 4.90 points to 85.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 349 to 243 and 54 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.60% or 0.34 to $56.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.60% or 0.40 to hit $67.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.84% or 22.10 to trade at $1221.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.54% to 4.3115, while USD/PLN fell 0.16% to 3.7794.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 96.34.