Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Construction and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 5.55% or 2.65 points to trade at 50.40 at the close. Meanwhile, PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) added 5.35% or 2.20 points to end at 43.30 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was up 4.98% or 21.40 points to 450.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which fell 3.51% or 0.30 points to trade at 8.25 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 2.85% or 2.36 points to end at 80.46 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was down 1.83% or 6.80 points to 364.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 214 to 202 and 184 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.45% or 0.30 to $67.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $73.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1306.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.18% to 4.2679, while USD/PLN rose 0.08% to 3.5675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 92.48.