Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Chemicals and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which rose 2.96% or 11.60 points to trade at 403.00 at the close. Meanwhile, CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR) added 2.55% or 4.70 points to end at 189.20 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 2.21% or 2.65 points to 122.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were 11BIT (WA:11B), which fell 2.34% or 4.20 points to trade at 175.00 at the close. BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP) declined 1.41% or 6.60 points to end at 463.00 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) was down 0.63% or 0.60 points to 93.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 281 to 256 and 96 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.12% or 0.82 to $74.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.17% or 0.89 to hit $77.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 14.96 to trade at $2,687.36 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.29% to 4.26, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.04% to 4.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 109.06.