Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Basic Materials and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.20% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 12.10% or 0.76 points to trade at 7.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 6.62% or 4.50 points to end at 72.50 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 3.09% or 1.00 points to 33.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 2.31% or 2.02 points to trade at 85.45 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 1.47% or 1.00 points to end at 67.20 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) was down 1.44% or 0.08 points to 5.46.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 324 to 254 and 172 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) rose to 52-week highs; up 12.10% or 0.76 to 7.04. Shares in Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.62% or 4.50 to 72.50. Shares in Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.09% or 1.00 to 33.34.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.06% or 1.09 to $54.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 2.18% or 1.21 to hit $56.84 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1235.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.29% to 4.2998, while USD/PLN fell 0.22% to 4.0392.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.66.