Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 3.08% or 3.30 points to trade at 110.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Kruk SA (WA:KRU) added 3.05% or 7.10 points to end at 240.00 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was up 2.75% or 1.50 points to 56.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which fell 1.48% or 0.13 points to trade at 8.64 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 1.47% or 0.18 points to end at 12.03 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was down 1.39% or 6.75 points to 479.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 321 to 232 and 146 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.43% or 0.25 to $58.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.34% or 0.22 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1270.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.22% to 4.1951, while USD/PLN fell 0.21% to 3.5341.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.88.