Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Developers and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 19.96% or 3.31 points to trade at 19.89 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK) added 4.64% or 27.60 points to end at 621.80 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 4.19% or 6.00 points to 149.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which fell 1.64% or 5.10 points to trade at 305.80 at the close. Text SA (WA:TXTP) declined 0.81% or 0.60 points to end at 73.50 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was down 0.75% or 0.45 points to 59.82.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 267 to 210 and 119 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.64% or 5.10 to 305.80.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.28% or 2.21 to $69.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.79% or 1.97 to hit $72.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.53% or 39.00 to trade at $2,581.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.03% to 4.29, while USD/PLN fell 0.24% to 3.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.57.