Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Developers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 2.32% or 0.91 points to trade at 40.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 1.37% or 0.70 points to end at 51.80 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 1.21% or 0.50 points to 41.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which fell 4.15% or 3.26 points to trade at 75.20 at the close. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 3.10% or 0.70 points to end at 21.90 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was down 3.00% or 6.40 points to 206.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 254 to 173 and 203 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.49% or 0.32 to $65.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.49% or 0.35 to hit $71.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1185.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.41% to 4.3044, while USD/PLN fell 0.76% to 3.7807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 96.42.