Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.17% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 4.50% or 1.19 points to trade at 27.63 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 3.92% or 2.62 points to end at 69.49 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) was up 3.32% or 0.23 points to 7.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which lost 2.35% or 0.31 points to trade at 12.87 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 2.35% or 0.15 points to end at 6.23 and Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA (WA:BHW) shed 0.83% or 0.68 points to 81.33.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 264 to 255 and 173 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.06% or 0.78 to $38.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.82% or 0.33 to hit $40.38 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.06% or 13.50 to trade at $1259.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 1.02% to 4.2932, while USD/PLN fell 0.96% to 3.8412.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 96.05.