Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Media and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 2.56% or 1.74 points to trade at 69.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Kruk SA (WA:KRU) added 2.15% or 5.50 points to end at 261.50 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 0.96% or 0.06 points to 6.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which fell 3.29% or 7.00 points to trade at 205.60 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 3.10% or 3.41 points to end at 106.75 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) was down 2.78% or 0.28 points to 9.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 312 to 223 and 175 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.67% or 0.40 to $60.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.85% or 0.56 to hit $66.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 10.00 to trade at $1307.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.03% to 4.1761, while USD/PLN fell 0.69% to 3.4741.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 91.84.