Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Construction and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.77% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 4.61% or 1.85 points to trade at 41.95 at the close. Meanwhile, LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 1.01% or 90.00 points to end at 8990.00 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 0.85% or 0.05 points to 5.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 2.87% or 2.54 points to trade at 86.02 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) declined 2.87% or 6.80 points to end at 230.20 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was down 2.79% or 6.00 points to 209.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 259 to 199 and 190 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.87% or 2.54 to 86.02.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.65% or 1.06 to $65.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.42% or 0.98 to hit $69.89 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.57% or 20.90 to trade at $1348.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.04% to 4.2250, while USD/PLN fell 0.42% to 3.4184.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 89.09.