Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 4.55% or 0.59 points to trade at 13.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 2.54% or 1.25 points to end at 50.40 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was up 2.22% or 1.14 points to 52.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which fell 4.00% or 2.30 points to trade at 55.20 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 3.99% or 0.54 points to end at 13.01 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was down 1.71% or 0.29 points to 16.69.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 279 to 275 and 131 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.54% or 1.25 to 50.40.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.61% or 0.73 to $44.65 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.45% or 0.21 to hit $47.87 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.28% or 3.30 to trade at $1162.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.24% to 4.2615, while USD/PLN rose 1.04% to 3.8660.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.66% at 97.07.