Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Information Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were mBank SA (WA:MBK), which rose 2.28% or 13.40 points to trade at 601.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) added 1.99% or 3.00 points to end at 153.60 and Allegro (WA:ALEP) was up 1.87% or 0.70 points to 38.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which fell 2.46% or 360.00 points to trade at 14,270.00 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) declined 2.29% or 3.10 points to end at 132.10 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was down 1.79% or 0.47 points to 25.73.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 269 to 224 and 119 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.91% or 0.71 to $77.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.33% or 0.27 to hit $80.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 22.90 to trade at $2,484.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.06% to 4.29, while USD/PLN fell 0.23% to 3.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 102.28.