Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 2.11% or 2.20 points to trade at 106.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Enea SA (WA:ENAE) added 2.06% or 0.20 points to end at 9.90 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 1.26% or 0.11 points to 8.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which fell 4.95% or 4.90 points to trade at 94.05 at the close. Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1) declined 3.40% or 12.40 points to end at 352.60 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was down 3.38% or 5.40 points to 154.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 278 to 215 and 165 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kruk SA (WA:KRU) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.38% or 5.40 to 154.60.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 3.56% or 1.66 to $44.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 3.64% or 2.01 to hit $53.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 9.50 to trade at $1279.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.18% to 4.2948, while USD/PLN fell 0.43% to 3.7597.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 96.155.