Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Media, Banking and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Play Communications SA (WA:PLY), which rose 7.02% or 1.25 points to trade at 19.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) added 3.09% or 0.21 points to end at 7.00 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) was up 1.05% or 0.05 points to 4.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which fell 4.61% or 1.52 points to trade at 31.48 at the close. mBank SA (WA:MBK) declined 2.98% or 12.80 points to end at 416.20 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was down 2.14% or 1.80 points to 82.34.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 231 to 219 and 177 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) rose to all time highs; up 3.09% or 0.21 to 7.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 4.18% or 2.15 to $53.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 4.40% or 2.64 to hit $62.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.40 to trade at $1250.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.24% to 4.2910, while USD/PLN rose 0.17% to 3.7687.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.697.