Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Banking and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which rose 2.77% or 0.13 points to trade at 4.83 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 2.43% or 1.33 points to end at 56.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 2.19% or 9.60 points to 447.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which lost 2.47% or 0.11 points to trade at 4.35 in late trade. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 2.45% or 0.61 points to end at 24.27 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 1.96% or 8.35 points to 416.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 299 to 240 and 116 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.73% or 0.44 to $59.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.46% or 0.29 to hit $63.20 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1172.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.03% to 4.1711, while USD/PLN rose 0.05% to 3.7245.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 95.42.