Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which rose 3.43% or 1.70 points to trade at 51.30 at the close. Meanwhile, LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 1.04% or 78.40 points to end at 7605.25 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 0.95% or 0.040 points to 4.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which fell 2.93% or 1.87 points to trade at 61.90 at the close. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) declined 2.20% or 2.81 points to end at 125.11 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was down 2.16% or 2.34 points to 105.97.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 291 to 199 and 179 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.21% or 0.10 to $46.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.86% or 0.43 to hit $50.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.68% or 8.66 to trade at $1291.56 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.04% to 4.2691, while USD/PLN rose 0.26% to 3.6361.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.54.