Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media, Telecoms and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 3.68% or 0.49 points to trade at 13.79 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) added 2.73% or 1.61 points to end at 60.59 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 2.40% or 0.09 points to 3.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OrangePL (WA:OPL), which lost 4.05% or 0.28 points to trade at 6.63 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 1.79% or 100.15 points to end at 5500.00 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) shed 1.76% or 2.94 points to 163.72.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 279 to 235 and 188 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.81% or 0.31 to $38.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.07% or 0.43 to hit $40.48 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.68% or 8.40 to trade at $1237.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.58% to 4.2443, while USD/PLN fell 1.04% to 3.7265.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 94.52.