Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.53% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were mBank SA (WA:MBK), which rose 3.58% or 22.00 points to trade at 637.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 2.68% or 0.25 points to end at 9.38 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) was up 2.01% or 0.21 points to 10.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP), which fell 1.73% or 0.37 points to trade at 20.96 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 1.40% or 0.10 points to end at 7.18 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was down 1.28% or 1.60 points to 123.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 274 to 218 and 114 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.64% or 0.52 to $81.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.60% or 0.51 to hit $84.75 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.00 to trade at $2,338.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.03% to 4.31, while USD/PLN fell 0.13% to 4.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 105.51.