Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Banking and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which rose 4.98% or 0.33 points to trade at 7.04 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK) added 4.58% or 27.20 points to end at 621.00 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 4.34% or 1.25 points to 30.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP), which fell 1.55% or 0.34 points to trade at 21.62 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 0.62% or 0.08 points to end at 12.82 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was down 0.28% or 0.06 points to 21.28.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 253 to 249 and 98 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.07% or 0.06 to $80.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.07% or 0.06 to hit $85.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 4.90 to trade at $2,342.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.20% to 4.32, while USD/PLN fell 0.25% to 4.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 104.85.