Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Construction and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 4.27% or 0.41 points to trade at 10.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) added 3.85% or 0.46 points to end at 12.42 and Orange Polska SA (WA:OPL) was up 3.28% or 0.27 points to 8.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP), which fell 2.36% or 0.46 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB) declined 2.22% or 1.40 points to end at 61.64 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was down 0.60% or 0.25 points to 41.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 256 to 254 and 103 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.78% or 0.55 to $70.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.67% or 0.50 to hit $73.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 11.00 to trade at $2,689.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.30, while USD/PLN rose 0.35% to 3.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 103.26.