Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Media and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.48% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which rose 1.20% or 1.45 points to trade at 121.95 at the close. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) added 0.82% or 0.04 points to end at 4.92 and mBank (WA:MBK) was up 0.52% or 1.65 points to 319.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which lost 3.71% or 9.90 points to trade at 257.05 in late trade. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) declined 3.44% or 2.42 points to end at 67.86 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) shed 3.32% or 5.06 points to 147.56.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 317 to 197 and 164 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.47% or 1.08 to $44.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.99% or 0.89 to hit $45.51 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.65 to trade at $1278.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.06% to 4.4038, while USD/PLN rose 0.76% to 3.8609.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 93.74.