Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Food and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH), which rose 8.93% or 7.19 points to trade at 87.72 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 6.85% or 5.00 points to end at 78.00 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 3.79% or 4.48 points to 122.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which lost 4.33% or 1.65 points to trade at 36.50 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 4.23% or 240.30 points to end at 5446.60 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) shed 3.22% or 0.78 points to 23.46.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 308 to 234 and 186 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.44% or 0.65 to $44.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.27% or 0.59 to hit $45.77 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.82% or 10.50 to trade at $1263.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.80% to 4.3777, while USD/PLN rose 1.09% to 4.0235.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 98.86.