Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Information Technology and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 5.46% or 0.46 points to trade at 8.89 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 5.15% or 2.35 points to end at 47.95 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 4.58% or 1.40 points to 32.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which lost 4.88% or 2.35 points to trade at 45.85 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 2.72% or 240.00 points to end at 8595.00 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) shed 2.65% or 0.21 points to 7.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 215 to 201 and 200 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.34% or 0.24 to $70.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.78% or 0.62 to hit $78.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1208.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.2942, while USD/PLN fell 0.41% to 3.6570.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 93.71.