Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Energy and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 4.78% or 2.99 points to trade at 65.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) added 3.35% or 0.090 points to end at 2.780 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 2.74% or 0.130 points to 4.870 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which fell 3.52% or 2.43 points to trade at 66.56 at the close. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 2.49% or 1.32 points to end at 51.66 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was down 2.20% or 124.05 points to 5525.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 283 to 246 and 199 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.98% or 1.01 to $51.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.17% or 1.17 to hit $55.19 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.98% or 11.05 to trade at $1140.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.43% to 4.4118, while USD/PLN fell 0.91% to 4.2160.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 102.70.