Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Basic Materials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 2.22% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 4.61% or 2.15 points to trade at 48.80 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) added 1.42% or 0.66 points to end at 47.26 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 23.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which lost 10.37% or 2.42 points to trade at 20.92 in late trade. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) declined 4.72% or 2.78 points to end at 56.18 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) shed 4.15% or 390.00 points to 9015.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 310 to 182 and 188 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.00% or 0.63 to $62.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.28% or 0.85 to hit $65.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.90 to trade at $1321.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.05% to 4.1744, while USD/PLN rose 0.16% to 3.4162.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 90.43.