Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Banking and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 5.45% or 1.50 points to trade at 29.00 at the close. PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) added 2.52% or 0.95 points to end at 38.67 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 1.29% or 0.07 points to 5.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which lost 9.92% or 5.10 points to trade at 46.32 in late trade. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) declined 2.93% or 0.16 points to end at 5.30 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) shed 2.93% or 1.64 points to 54.24.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 298 to 191 and 225 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $48.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.39% or 0.20 to hit $50.69 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.70% or 9.45 to trade at $1347.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.48% to 4.3127, while USD/PLN rose 0.84% to 3.8099.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.47% at 94.55.