Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Energy and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which rose 3.69% or 0.44 points to trade at 12.35 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 3.12% or 1.84 points to end at 60.83 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 3.00% or 3.18 points to 109.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which lost 2.41% or 0.110 points to trade at 4.450 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 1.89% or 126.10 points to end at 6548.90 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 1.66% or 5.75 points to 340.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 261 to 221 and 199 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.67% or 0.29 to $43.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.87% or 0.40 to hit $45.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.45 to trade at $1245.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.14% to 4.2539, while USD/PLN rose 0.06% to 3.8178.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.38.