Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 2.96% or 0.24 points to trade at 8.34 at the close. Meanwhile, LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 2.91% or 265.00 points to end at 9360.00 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 2.14% or 5.80 points to 276.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which fell 3.02% or 1.22 points to trade at 39.24 at the close. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) declined 2.96% or 0.27 points to end at 8.86 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was down 2.78% or 2.00 points to 70.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 251 to 179 and 186 ended unchanged.
Shares in Energa SA (WA:ENGP) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.96% or 0.27 to 8.86.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.00% or 0.72 to $71.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.65% or 0.52 to hit $79.28 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.09% or 14.00 to trade at $1303.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.33% to 4.3167, while USD/PLN rose 0.07% to 3.6806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 93.70.