Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Energy and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 3.91% or 8.40 points to trade at 223.40 at the close. Meanwhile, KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) added 3.61% or 3.85 points to end at 110.63 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) was up 3.09% or 0.32 points to 10.69 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which fell 1.04% or 4.20 points to trade at 400.00 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) declined 1.01% or 0.44 points to end at 43.26 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was down 0.99% or 1.00 points to 100.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 283 to 193 and 197 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.24% or 0.14 to $59.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.41% or 0.26 to hit $62.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.41% or 18.80 to trade at $1349.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.06% to 4.1684, while USD/PLN fell 0.21% to 3.3656.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 89.31.