Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Food and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which rose 3.97% or 0.19 points to trade at 4.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Play Communications SA (WA:PLY) added 3.75% or 0.78 points to end at 21.58 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 3.64% or 5.30 points to 150.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 1.85% or 2.00 points to trade at 106.15 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 0.80% or 0.14 points to end at 17.46 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was down 0.72% or 0.64 points to 87.86.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 330 to 193 and 120 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 4.29% or 1.95 to $47.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 4.00% or 2.15 to hit $55.95 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.65 to trade at $1287.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.10% to 4.2928, while USD/PLN rose 1.07% to 3.7816.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.68% at 96.382.