Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Food and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.16% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were mBank (WA:MBK), which rose 2.68% or 8.20 points to trade at 314.50 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) added 2.09% or 0.26 points to end at 12.69 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 1.47% or 1.00 points to 68.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 6.89% or 1.19 points to trade at 16.09 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 6.65% or 356.35 points to end at 5005.00 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) shed 1.92% or 1.26 points to 64.29.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 257 to 232 and 174 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.67% or 0.31 to $45.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.16% or 0.55 to hit $47.05 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.32% or 4.05 to trade at $1271.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.30% to 4.4152, while USD/PLN rose 0.15% to 3.8793.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 94.08.