Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 3.85% or 10.00 points to trade at 270.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 2.41% or 4.50 points to end at 191.00 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 2.11% or 0.14 points to 6.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which fell 3.75% or 1.75 points to trade at 44.91 at the close. mBank SA (WA:MBK) declined 2.30% or 10.45 points to end at 443.15 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was down 1.78% or 1.11 points to 61.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 256 to 233 and 167 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.88% or 0.46 to $52.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.53% or 0.31 to hit $58.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.59 to trade at $1279.89 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.11% to 4.2420, while USD/PLN fell 0.50% to 3.5919.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 93.53.