Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Basic Materials and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 0.96% or 3.60 points to trade at 377.60 at the close. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) added 0.58% or 0.14 points to end at 24.28 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 0.17% or 0.01 points to 5.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which lost 4.52% or 1.90 points to trade at 40.10 in late trade. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 4.50% or 0.45 points to end at 9.56 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) shed 4.29% or 0.37 points to 8.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 294 to 169 and 195 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.07% or 0.70 to $64.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.58% or 0.40 to hit $69.07 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.40 to trade at $1324.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.24% to 4.2191, while USD/PLN rose 0.10% to 3.4314.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 89.53.