Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 4.63% or 2.04 points to trade at 46.08 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) added 4.08% or 0.45 points to end at 11.48 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 4.05% or 0.28 points to 7.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which lost 2.41% or 0.65 points to trade at 26.30 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 1.20% or 0.88 points to end at 72.68 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) shed 0.54% or 0.28 points to 51.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 294 to 223 and 178 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.23% or 1.10 to $50.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.21% or 1.16 to hit $53.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.21 to trade at $1252.59 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.34% to 4.2012, while USD/PLN fell 1.09% to 3.7548.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 97.17.