Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 5.34% or 3.55 points to trade at 70.05 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 3.86% or 1.44 points to end at 38.76 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) was up 3.45% or 1.09 points to 32.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which lost 2.79% or 0.090 points to trade at 3.140 in late trade. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) declined 1.70% or 0.090 points to end at 5.210 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) shed 1.08% or 0.11 points to 10.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 291 to 258 and 164 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.74% or 0.91 to $51.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.79% or 0.98 to hit $53.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.01% or 13.10 to trade at $1281.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.42% to 4.2516, while USD/PLN rose 0.61% to 3.9701.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 99.72.