Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Media, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 5.18% or 2.71 points to trade at 55.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) added 4.93% or 1.01 points to end at 21.51 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 4.01% or 0.20 points to 5.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which fell 3.21% or 0.85 points to trade at 25.60 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 3.19% or 0.29 points to end at 8.80 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) was down 2.98% or 3.35 points to 109.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 316 to 256 and 109 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.23% or 0.07 to $33.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.59% or 0.56 to hit $35.35 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1116.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.91% to 4.4179, while USD/PLN rose 0.07% to 4.0793.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.11% at 99.72.