Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 4.06% or 2.72 points to trade at 69.70 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 3.44% or 13.00 points to end at 391.00 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 3.34% or 11.50 points to 356.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which lost 1.81% or 3.20 points to trade at 173.80 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 1.75% or 0.70 points to end at 39.20 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) shed 1.65% or 1.32 points to 78.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 299 to 292 and 166 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.57% or 0.30 to $53.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.76% or 0.42 to hit $56.00 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.25 to trade at $1206.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.19% to 4.3151, while USD/PLN rose 0.23% to 4.0126.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 99.85.