Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 4.17% or 0.79 points to trade at 19.75 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK) added 3.44% or 20.40 points to end at 614.20 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 2.70% or 0.22 points to 8.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which fell 1.89% or 0.50 points to trade at 26.00 at the close. Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT) declined 0.97% or 25.00 points to end at 2,555.00 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was down 0.77% or 0.10 points to 12.19.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 284 to 208 and 115 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.45% or 1.73 to $68.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.30% or 1.71 to hit $72.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 21.75 to trade at $2,729.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.06% to 4.30, while USD/PLN fell 0.30% to 3.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 103.38.