Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 6.68% or 2.55 points to trade at 40.75 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 5.55% or 3.94 points to end at 74.87 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 3.90% or 2.74 points to 72.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which lost 6.60% or 8.90 points to trade at 125.90 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 3.19% or 1.57 points to end at 47.68 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 2.65% or 8.20 points to 301.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 253 to 213 and 204 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.87% or 1.81 to $44.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 4.02% or 1.95 to hit $46.52 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.60% or 8.05 to trade at $1343.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.48% to 4.4158, while USD/PLN rose 0.03% to 3.9739.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 96.15.