Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Food and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH), which rose 3.39% or 3.73 points to trade at 113.68 at the close. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) added 2.43% or 0.130 points to end at 5.470 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) was up 1.88% or 1.22 points to 66.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which lost 5.85% or 1.50 points to trade at 24.15 in late trade. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 2.43% or 1.80 points to end at 72.20 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) shed 2.33% or 0.13 points to 5.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 274 to 272 and 165 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.01% or 0.53 to $51.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.88% or 0.49 to hit $54.98 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1213.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.03% to 4.3639, while USD/PLN rose 0.28% to 4.0862.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 100.74.