Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Banking and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 2.03% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 1.50% or 0.70 points to trade at 47.30 at the close. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) added 0.97% or 0.09 points to end at 9.37 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 0.67% or 0.55 points to 82.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which lost 5.85% or 0.56 points to trade at 9.02 in late trade. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 5.38% or 11.30 points to end at 198.70 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) shed 4.49% or 7.40 points to 157.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 237 to 167 and 194 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.00% or 0.73 to $73.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $77.36 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.50 to trade at $1251.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.36% to 4.3680, while USD/PLN rose 0.12% to 3.7714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.90.