Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Chemicals and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which rose 2.22% or 0.22 points to trade at 10.13 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 2.12% or 0.15 points to end at 7.21 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) was up 1.70% or 0.060 points to 3.590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which lost 2.68% or 2.25 points to trade at 81.74 in late trade. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) declined 2.19% or 0.99 points to end at 44.17 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 2.13% or 1.18 points to 54.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 275 to 232 and 179 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.94% or 1.83 to $44.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.86% or 1.88 to hit $46.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 9.48 to trade at $1278.08 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.01% to 4.1928, while USD/PLN fell 0.61% to 3.7169.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 96.43.