Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 11.65% or 5.36 points to trade at 51.36 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 2.80% or 1.61 points to end at 59.11 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was up 2.18% or 0.60 points to 28.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which lost 2.48% or 0.14 points to trade at 5.51 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 1.46% or 0.17 points to end at 11.45 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) shed 1.46% or 0.11 points to 7.42.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 263 to 261 and 174 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.05% or 0.92 to $43.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.91% or 0.90 to hit $46.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.25% or 3.35 to trade at $1327.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.34% to 4.3393, while USD/PLN fell 0.75% to 3.8518.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 95.25.