Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Basic Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 2.77% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 9.12% or 835.00 points to trade at 9990.00 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 7.20% or 5.00 points to end at 74.40 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 6.45% or 25.80 points to 425.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP), which lost 1.00% or 0.10 points to trade at 9.90 in late trade. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 0.75% or 2.00 points to end at 263.00 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) shed 0.41% or 0.10 points to 24.08.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 358 to 206 and 129 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.78% or 0.48 to $62.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.28% or 0.19 to hit $68.03 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.30 to trade at $1319.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.04% to 4.1515, while USD/PLN fell 0.37% to 3.4413.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 91.67.