Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 1.83% or 0.75 points to trade at 41.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 2.49% or 1.92 points to end at 78.92 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was up 1.01% or 0.09 points to 9.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which fell 2.65% or 1.78 points to trade at 65.50 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 3.85% or 8.40 points to end at 210.00 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) was down 2.54% or 4.60 points to 176.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 245 to 200 and 191 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.87% or 1.28 to $69.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.31% or 0.96 to hit $74.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 4.60 to trade at $1218.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.13% to 4.2569, while USD/PLN fell 0.05% to 3.6825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 95.17.