Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Developers and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 2.01% or 93.85 points to trade at 4760.00 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 1.72% or 1.00 points to end at 59.00 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 1.64% or 0.58 points to 35.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 7.25% or 2.15 points to trade at 27.50 in late trade. PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) declined 2.68% or 0.72 points to end at 26.16 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) shed 2.46% or 0.18 points to 7.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 264 to 246 and 198 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 2.76% or 1.29 to $48.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.75% or 0.87 to hit $50.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.50% or 6.80 to trade at $1355.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.03% to 4.2885, while USD/PLN fell 0.35% to 3.7839.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 94.29.