Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 1.37% or 0.12 points to trade at 8.85 at the close. Meanwhile, PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) added 1.19% or 0.70 points to end at 59.50 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 1.17% or 0.13 points to 11.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which fell 2.90% or 2.90 points to trade at 97.10 at the close. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 2.17% or 0.14 points to end at 6.31 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was down 2.04% or 0.48 points to 23.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 246 to 240 and 212 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.40% or 0.24 to $60.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.51% or 0.33 to hit $64.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.40 to trade at $1353.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.16% to 4.1610, while USD/PLN fell 0.06% to 3.3350.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 88.72.