Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which rose 2.37% or 3.04 points to trade at 131.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 2.13% or 2.54 points to end at 121.92 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) was up 1.88% or 0.51 points to 27.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which fell 2.02% or 1.91 points to trade at 92.44 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 1.99% or 1.50 points to end at 73.99 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was down 1.54% or 4.50 points to 287.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 239 to 239 and 189 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.48% or 0.28 to $58.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $63.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.77 to trade at $1291.43 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.16% to 4.2066, while USD/PLN fell 0.38% to 3.5502.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.06.