Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Chemicals and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which rose 2.67% or 0.18 points to trade at 6.91 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 0.69% or 0.12 points to end at 17.50 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 0.21% or 0.35 points to 168.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which lost 8.23% or 0.195 points to trade at 2.175 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 5.07% or 0.54 points to end at 10.11 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) shed 4.57% or 0.45 points to 9.39.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 337 to 162 and 169 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 4.32% or 2.08 to $46.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.95% or 2.26 to hit $54.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 6.80 to trade at $1263.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.02% to 4.2889, while USD/PLN fell 0.56% to 3.7479.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 95.970.