Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 2.28% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which rose 5.72% or 3.11 points to trade at 57.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 5.10% or 5.54 points to end at 114.12 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 4.82% or 17.30 points to 375.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which fell 4.02% or 2.77 points to trade at 66.12 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 2.60% or 1.60 points to end at 60.00 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) was down 1.69% or 0.62 points to 36.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 260 to 241 and 180 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.44% or 1.18 to $47.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.58% or 0.83 to hit $51.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1292.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.58% to 4.2614, while USD/PLN fell 0.57% to 3.6096.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.17.