Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Media and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 3.45% or 1.33 points to trade at 39.83 at the close. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) added 2.96% or 0.69 points to end at 23.99 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 2.93% or 1.98 points to 69.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which lost 1.91% or 0.27 points to trade at 13.88 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 1.65% or 0.21 points to end at 12.55 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGHM) shed 1.62% or 1.23 points to 74.72.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 256 to 242 and 171 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.48% or 0.59 to $39.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.84% or 0.34 to hit $40.13 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.28% or 3.40 to trade at $1220.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.34% to 4.2711, while USD/PLN rose 0.41% to 3.8237.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 96.18.