Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which rose 5.14% or 0.57 points to trade at 11.65 at the close. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) added 3.95% or 3.29 points to end at 86.49 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was up 2.25% or 0.58 points to 26.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP), which lost 3.39% or 1.60 points to trade at 45.63 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 2.44% or 0.32 points to end at 12.79 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) shed 2.43% or 0.82 points to 32.98.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 266 to 226 and 185 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.66% or 0.31 to $47.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.52% or 0.26 to hit $49.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.35 to trade at $1246.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.08% to 4.2117, while USD/PLN fell 0.99% to 3.6185.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 94.01.