Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.81%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 7.85% or 18.80 points to trade at 258.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) added 5.74% or 0.31 points to end at 5.71 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 5.49% or 13.40 points to 257.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which fell 3.10% or 1.80 points to trade at 56.20 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 2.13% or 1.55 points to end at 71.25 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was down 1.43% or 0.36 points to 24.84.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 238 to 196 and 198 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.52% or 0.33 to $63.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.62% or 0.42 to hit $68.44 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.83% or 11.10 to trade at $1329.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.01% to 4.2003, while USD/PLN rose 0.32% to 3.4322.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 90.16.