Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH), which rose 7.83% or 5.85 points to trade at 80.53 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 2.30% or 0.12 points to end at 5.34 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was up 2.06% or 0.16 points to 7.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which lost 2.70% or 0.93 points to trade at 33.50 in late trade. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) declined 2.65% or 0.120 points to end at 4.410 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 1.75% or 1.00 points to 55.99.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 306 to 208 and 199 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.33% or 0.60 to $45.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.19% or 0.55 to hit $46.59 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.49% or 6.25 to trade at $1280.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.33% to 4.3468, while USD/PLN rose 1.08% to 3.9714.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 98.32.