Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 3.57% or 1.70 points to trade at 49.30 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) added 1.84% or 0.18 points to end at 9.98 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 1.36% or 0.85 points to 63.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 2.81% or 1.58 points to trade at 54.62 in late trade. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) declined 1.98% or 0.050 points to end at 2.480 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 1.97% or 6.30 points to 313.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 266 to 234 and 206 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.70% or 0.86 to $49.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.77% or 0.93 to hit $51.58 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.27% or 3.35 to trade at $1249.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.12% to 4.2835, while USD/PLN rose 0.04% to 3.8394.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.84.