Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Information Technology and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which rose 3.53% or 7.50 points to trade at 220.00 at the close. Meanwhile, PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) added 2.72% or 1.60 points to end at 60.50 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 1.75% or 2.00 points to 116.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which fell 3.46% or 3.48 points to trade at 97.12 at the close. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 2.59% or 0.64 points to end at 24.06 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was down 2.37% or 1.44 points to 59.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 250 to 227 and 191 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.08% or 0.05 to $64.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.70 to trade at $1340.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.18% to 4.1506, while USD/PLN fell 0.36% to 3.3403.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 88.91.