Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 2.01% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which rose 5.76% or 23.60 points to trade at 433.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP) added 3.64% or 0.57 points to end at 16.39 and Allegro (WA:ALEP) was up 2.86% or 0.74 points to 26.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Text SA (WA:TXTP), which fell 2.66% or 1.50 points to trade at 54.80 at the close. 11BIT (WA:11B) declined 1.17% or 2.00 points to end at 169.00 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was down 0.11% or 0.20 points to 184.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 293 to 211 and 125 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.25% or 1.72 to $78.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.78% or 1.42 to hit $81.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.94% or 25.14 to trade at $2,707.44 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.07% to 4.26, while USD/PLN rose 0.22% to 4.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 109.10.