Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 5.41% or 1.66 points to trade at 32.36 at the close. Meanwhile, CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 3.82% or 6.80 points to end at 185.00 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 3.51% or 0.22 points to 6.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which fell 1.68% or 0.70 points to trade at 41.06 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 1.58% or 0.28 points to end at 17.40 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was down 0.99% or 0.40 points to 40.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 295 to 272 and 62 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.50% or 0.82 to $53.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.29% or 0.82 to hit $62.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1228.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.10% to 4.2949, while USD/PLN fell 0.32% to 3.7652.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 96.385.