Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 4.80% or 2.53 points to trade at 55.24 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 4.50% or 12.50 points to end at 290.00 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was up 4.46% or 0.44 points to 10.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which lost 2.05% or 1.53 points to trade at 73.00 in late trade. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) declined 1.55% or 2.17 points to end at 138.23 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) shed 1.03% or 0.56 points to 53.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 286 to 199 and 189 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.73% or 0.36 to $49.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.78% or 0.39 to hit $50.27 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.32% or 4.05 to trade at $1265.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.03% to 4.3735, while USD/PLN fell 0.49% to 3.8491.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 93.48.