Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Energy and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 2.79% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 13.73% or 4.57 points to trade at 37.85 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 13.46% or 1.42 points to end at 11.97 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGHM) was up 7.97% or 5.42 points to 73.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 0.96% or 49.30 points to trade at 5099.00 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 0.82% or 0.05 points to end at 6.05 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) shed 0.53% or 0.31 points to 58.35.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 287 to 202 and 171 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.03% or 0.01 to $34.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.05% or 0.02 to hit $36.91 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.20% or 14.90 to trade at $1256.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.68% to 4.3507, while USD/PLN fell 0.06% to 3.9753.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 97.69.