Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Media and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.13% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 4.22% or 3.24 points to trade at 79.99 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 2.77% or 10.45 points to end at 387.20 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 2.42% or 2.95 points to 125.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 2.94% or 2.10 points to trade at 69.30 in late trade. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 2.49% or 8.85 points to end at 346.15 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) shed 2.26% or 0.24 points to 10.37.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 302 to 269 and 189 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.86% or 1.00 to $52.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.08% or 1.17 to hit $55.07 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.05 to trade at $1186.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.34% to 4.3321, while USD/PLN fell 0.38% to 4.0538.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 100.64.