Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 2.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 3.08% or 0.54 points to trade at 18.06 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 1.82% or 0.09 points to end at 5.03 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 1.66% or 2.60 points to 159.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which lost 5.10% or 10.00 points to trade at 186.00 in late trade. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 4.15% or 4.40 points to end at 101.75 and Play Communications SA (WA:PLY) shed 3.57% or 0.77 points to 20.81.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 283 to 213 and 129 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.26% or 0.12 to $46.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.62% or 0.34 to hit $55.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 7.80 to trade at $1291.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.03% to 4.2912, while USD/PLN fell 0.49% to 3.7639.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 95.855.