Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Food and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which rose 3.20% or 0.21 points to trade at 6.77 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 2.39% or 10.45 points to end at 448.45 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 2.37% or 0.84 points to 36.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 5.92% or 389.45 points to trade at 6185.80 in late trade. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 5.23% or 4.03 points to end at 72.96 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) shed 4.86% or 3.40 points to 66.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 322 to 228 and 151 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 4.29% or 2.05 to $45.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 4.10% or 2.08 to hit $48.71 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.43% or 17.82 to trade at $1230.68 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.20% to 4.2152, while USD/PLN fell 0.57% to 3.8418.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 98.71.