Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Construction and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which rose 1.74% or 0.97 points to trade at 56.57 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 1.22% or 1.25 points to end at 104.06 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 1.01% or 0.12 points to 12.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which lost 1.92% or 0.060 points to trade at 3.060 in late trade. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) declined 1.88% or 0.21 points to end at 10.98 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) shed 1.78% or 0.57 points to 31.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 282 to 257 and 184 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.59% or 0.76 to $48.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.24% or 0.63 to hit $51.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.45 to trade at $1199.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.15% to 4.3084, while USD/PLN fell 0.47% to 4.0509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 101.33.