Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 2.01% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 11.80% or 20.55 points to trade at 194.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) added 5.32% or 5.25 points to end at 103.90 and Play Communications SA (WA:PLY) was up 3.26% or 0.68 points to 21.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which fell 1.80% or 3.35 points to trade at 182.65 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 1.36% or 2.40 points to end at 173.50 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was down 0.45% or 0.30 points to 66.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 266 to 195 and 190 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.74% or 0.92 to $52.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.66% or 1.02 to hit $60.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.35 to trade at $1284.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.18% to 4.2919, while USD/PLN fell 0.13% to 3.7672.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 95.715.