Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 5.40% or 2.30 points to trade at 44.90 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 3.32% or 6.50 points to end at 202.00 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 3.22% or 2.70 points to 86.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 1.66% or 150.00 points to trade at 8900.00 in late trade. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 1.52% or 0.09 points to end at 5.82 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) shed 1.18% or 0.25 points to 20.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 208 to 205 and 184 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.08% or 0.06 to $74.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.21% or 0.16 to hit $77.92 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.70 to trade at $1257.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.34% to 4.3823, while USD/PLN fell 0.19% to 3.7645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.38.