Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.72% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR), which rose 5.70% or 8.55 points to trade at 158.55 at the close. Meanwhile, CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 3.60% or 4.30 points to end at 123.90 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) was up 2.75% or 0.36 points to 13.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT), which fell 2.95% or 75.00 points to trade at 2,465.00 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 0.83% or 0.85 points to end at 101.15 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was down 0.69% or 0.09 points to 12.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 270 to 229 and 105 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.67% or 0.55 to $83.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.47% or 0.40 to hit $85.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 5.35 to trade at $2,416.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.09% to 4.26, while USD/PLN fell 0.43% to 3.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 103.77.