Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 4.81% or 2.26 points to trade at 49.26 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 3.98% or 14.50 points to end at 379.00 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 2.80% or 3.00 points to 110.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 4.87% or 5.94 points to trade at 115.97 in late trade. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) declined 4.61% or 2.91 points to end at 60.26 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) shed 2.28% or 0.14 points to 5.99.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 249 to 248 and 173 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.56% or 0.31 to $55.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.91% or 0.56 to hit $61.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.64 to trade at $1280.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.10% to 4.2372, while USD/PLN rose 0.05% to 3.5991.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.78.