Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 3.81% or 1.52 points to trade at 41.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 3.33% or 1.37 points to end at 42.53 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 3.21% or 7.60 points to 244.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were mBank SA (WA:MBK), which fell 1.08% or 4.80 points to trade at 440.00 at the close. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) declined 0.80% or 0.020 points to end at 2.480 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was down 0.80% or 1.00 points to 123.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 236 to 204 and 198 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.10% or 0.07 to $66.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $71.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.33% or 18.10 to trade at $1341.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.17% to 4.1776, while USD/PLN rose 0.20% to 3.3906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 89.50.