Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP), which rose 1.76% or 0.17 points to trade at 9.84 at the close. Meanwhile, LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 1.63% or 160.00 points to end at 9950.00 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 0.68% or 0.08 points to 11.88 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were mBank SA (WA:MBK), which fell 3.93% or 20.50 points to trade at 500.50 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 3.47% or 2.50 points to end at 69.50 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was down 3.20% or 3.42 points to 103.53.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 254 to 199 and 213 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.55% or 1.02 to $64.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.14% or 1.49 to hit $68.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.00% or 13.50 to trade at $1334.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.26% to 4.1661, while USD/PLN rose 0.72% to 3.3461.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 89.07.