Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.31% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which rose 3.12% or 0.78 points to trade at 25.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) added 2.63% or 1.44 points to end at 56.10 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 2.35% or 1.01 points to 44.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which fell 2.54% or 1.25 points to trade at 48.00 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 1.57% or 0.09 points to end at 5.64 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was down 1.54% or 1.36 points to 86.78.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 242 to 192 and 194 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.73% or 0.50 to $68.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.27% or 0.93 to hit $74.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 6.10 to trade at $1347.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.03% to 4.1669, while USD/PLN rose 0.31% to 3.3768.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.55.