Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 27.81% or 3.09 points to trade at 14.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) added 5.93% or 0.35 points to end at 6.25 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) was up 2.89% or 1.81 points to 64.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 2.70% or 1.94 points to trade at 70.03 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) declined 2.25% or 9.93 points to end at 430.62 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was down 1.83% or 1.72 points to 92.09.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 290 to 277 and 100 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 5.27% or 2.35 to $46.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 4.14% or 1.98 to hit $49.73 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.69% or 18.60 to trade at $1121.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.05% to 4.1995, while USD/PLN fell 0.35% to 3.7150.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 95.39.