Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Information Technology and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 4.15% or 2.74 points to trade at 68.74 at the close. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 3.24% or 5.85 points to end at 186.45 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 2.42% or 1.88 points to 79.63 in late trade.
Biggest losers included mBank (WA:MBK), which lost 4.10% or 18.85 points to trade at 441.05 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 3.80% or 245.50 points to end at 6215.00 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) shed 2.94% or 1.09 points to 36.02.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 264 to 247 and 178 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.47% or 1.59 to $47.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.18% or 1.55 to hit $50.28 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 5.60 to trade at $1221.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.48% to 4.2132, while USD/PLN fell 0.44% to 3.8762.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 99.47.