Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food, Information Technology and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.62% to hit a new all time low.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 6.92% or 6.95 points to trade at 107.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 2.94% or 1.22 points to end at 42.70 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 2.80% or 1.79 points to 65.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which fell 2.88% or 1.10 points to trade at 37.12 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 2.31% or 1.15 points to end at 48.55 and PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was down 2.06% or 0.54 points to 25.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 333 to 214 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.06% or 0.54 to 25.65.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.43% or 0.97 to $40.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 3.26% or 1.39 to hit $43.88 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.36% or 3.80 to trade at $1057.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 1.00% to 4.3196, while USD/PLN fell 1.67% to 3.9627.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.82% at 98.22.