Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Banking, Media and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which rose 3.28% or 0.37 points to trade at 11.64 at the close. Meanwhile, CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) added 2.60% or 4.95 points to end at 195.05 and Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 1.89% or 0.14 points to 7.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which fell 4.20% or 7.70 points to trade at 175.50 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) declined 3.57% or 0.32 points to end at 8.65 and Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1) was down 3.23% or 12.00 points to 359.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 246 to 196 and 212 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.89% or 0.14 to 7.54.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.91% or 1.55 to $54.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.99% or 1.22 to hit $62.42 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1309.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.07% to 4.2892, while USD/PLN rose 0.03% to 3.7561.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 95.593.