Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 2.32% or 0.85 points to trade at 37.50 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK) added 2.20% or 9.70 points to end at 449.80 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 2.15% or 0.16 points to 7.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 6.59% or 8.56 points to trade at 121.41 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 4.05% or 1.52 points to end at 36.02 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was down 3.57% or 10.00 points to 270.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 304 to 175 and 174 ended unchanged.
Shares in Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.32% or 0.85 to 37.50.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.38% or 0.72 to $51.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.69% or 0.98 to hit $57.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.17 to trade at $1290.17 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.02% to 4.2341, while USD/PLN fell 0.45% to 3.5765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 93.05.