Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.78% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 2.57% or 7.40 points to trade at 295.00 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 2.03% or 1.20 points to end at 60.23 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was up 1.67% or 0.39 points to 23.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 3.37% or 178.85 points to trade at 5121.15 in late trade. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) declined 2.99% or 0.16 points to end at 5.20 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) shed 2.41% or 0.91 points to 36.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 324 to 192 and 192 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.86% or 0.39 to $45.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.69% or 0.32 to hit $46.17 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.64% or 7.75 to trade at $1209.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.18% to 4.4430, while USD/PLN rose 0.44% to 4.1923.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 101.28.