Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Materials and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 3.90% or 7.20 points to trade at 192.00 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) added 2.33% or 1.00 points to end at 44.00 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 1.38% or 3.00 points to 220.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which lost 3.04% or 1.20 points to trade at 38.29 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 1.97% or 0.39 points to end at 19.41 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 1.69% or 5.80 points to 337.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 222 to 194 and 186 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.80% or 0.56 to $70.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.22% or 0.91 to hit $75.36 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.70 to trade at $1242.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.24% to 4.3132, while USD/PLN fell 0.22% to 3.6962.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.58.