Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which rose 4.26% or 0.26 points to trade at 6.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 3.23% or 0.40 points to end at 12.80 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) was up 3.00% or 1.28 points to 43.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which fell 1.91% or 0.79 points to trade at 40.63 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 1.68% or 0.10 points to end at 5.87 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was down 1.11% or 0.63 points to 56.17.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 348 to 236 and 146 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.73% or 0.44 to $59.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.86% or 0.57 to hit $65.89 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1290.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.18% to 4.1921, while USD/PLN fell 0.52% to 3.5231.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.59.