Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Media, Energy and Developers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.03% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 3.42% or 285.00 points to trade at 8615.00 at the close. Meanwhile, OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 2.75% or 0.15 points to end at 5.60 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was up 2.58% or 11.80 points to 469.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 5.08% or 5.78 points to trade at 107.97 at the close. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 2.31% or 4.50 points to end at 190.15 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was down 2.25% or 3.90 points to 169.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 246 to 211 and 176 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.10% or 0.58 to $53.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.20% or 0.12 to hit $61.26 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.05 to trade at $1280.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.02% to 4.2876, while USD/PLN rose 0.59% to 3.7891.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 96.227.