Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Food and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGHM), which rose 3.89% or 3.13 points to trade at 83.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) added 3.08% or 0.90 points to end at 30.10 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was up 3.06% or 1.30 points to 43.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which fell 2.31% or 2.01 points to trade at 85.00 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 0.97% or 2.90 points to end at 296.10 and PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was down 0.55% or 0.16 points to 28.88.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 296 to 246 and 110 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.70% or 0.78 to $45.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.91% or 0.94 to hit $48.58 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.63% or 18.30 to trade at $1102.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.29% to 4.2141, while USD/PLN rose 0.03% to 3.7758.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 96.25.