Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Developers, Banking and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 4.09% or 1.09 points to trade at 27.76 at the close. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) added 3.85% or 0.30 points to end at 8.10 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 3.41% or 2.59 points to 78.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 4.50% or 2.11 points to trade at 44.80 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 2.07% or 0.24 points to end at 11.38 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) shed 2.02% or 0.89 points to 43.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 305 to 235 and 175 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.43% or 0.64 to $45.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.57% or 0.74 to hit $48.00 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.42% or 5.65 to trade at $1348.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.31% to 4.3198, while USD/PLN fell 0.13% to 3.8449.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 94.99.