Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Oil & Gas and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 2.85% or 3.06 points to trade at 110.47 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) added 2.62% or 0.29 points to end at 11.34 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 2.47% or 0.15 points to 6.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which lost 2.19% or 1.45 points to trade at 64.80 in late trade. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) declined 1.40% or 0.09 points to end at 6.34 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) shed 1.03% or 1.25 points to 120.53.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 276 to 274 and 167 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.26% or 0.14 to $52.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.43% or 0.24 to hit $55.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 8.95 to trade at $1287.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.06% to 4.2429, while USD/PLN rose 0.27% to 3.9917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 100.36.