Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.21% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 5.77% or 319.90 points to trade at 5860.00 at the close. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) added 4.39% or 2.15 points to end at 51.12 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 2.41% or 2.26 points to 96.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which lost 6.42% or 2.40 points to trade at 35.00 in late trade. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) declined 3.74% or 0.32 points to end at 8.23 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 1.56% or 1.15 points to 72.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 305 to 270 and 176 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.36% or 0.73 to $54.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.07% or 0.60 to hit $56.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.39% or 17.20 to trade at $1250.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.13% to 4.3043, while USD/PLN fell 0.15% to 4.0657.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 100.93.