Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 3.11% or 2.07 points to trade at 68.67 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) added 2.16% or 1.22 points to end at 57.59 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) was up 1.86% or 0.61 points to 33.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which lost 5.17% or 0.35 points to trade at 6.42 in late trade. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) declined 3.23% or 0.30 points to end at 9.00 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) shed 2.74% or 1.80 points to 63.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 270 to 247 and 178 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.41% or 0.64 to $46.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.26% or 0.61 to hit $48.99 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.61 to trade at $1229.21 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.47% to 4.2089, while USD/PLN fell 0.58% to 3.8274.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 98.51.