Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Chemicals and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 7.20% or 3.31 points to trade at 49.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 3.50% or 1.71 points to end at 50.50 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 3.34% or 0.130 points to 4.020 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 2.16% or 1.43 points to trade at 64.72 at the close. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) declined 1.04% or 0.79 points to end at 74.94 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) was down 0.46% or 0.05 points to 10.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 263 to 228 and 178 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.03% or 0.47 to $45.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.37% or 0.64 to hit $47.30 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.04% or 13.85 to trade at $1318.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.14% to 4.3764, while USD/PLN rose 0.06% to 3.9780.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 97.22.