Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Oil & Gas and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 3.04% or 1.80 points to trade at 61.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Synthos SA (WA:SNS) added 1.67% or 0.080 points to end at 4.880 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was up 1.47% or 0.87 points to 59.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which fell 2.59% or 8.05 points to trade at 302.95 at the close. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) declined 2.28% or 0.090 points to end at 3.850 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was down 2.00% or 0.27 points to 13.26.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 294 to 220 and 167 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.70% or 0.84 to $50.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.02% or 0.56 to hit $55.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.19 to trade at $1329.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.14% to 4.2778, while USD/PLN fell 0.06% to 3.6022.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 92.36.