Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 1.99% or 1.20 points to trade at 61.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 1.89% or 1.00 points to end at 54.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 1.10% or 0.51 points to 46.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which fell 5.23% or 3.90 points to trade at 70.60 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 4.52% or 5.00 points to end at 105.72 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was down 3.86% or 4.50 points to 112.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 265 to 209 and 203 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.81% or 0.53 to $66.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.74% or 0.52 to hit $71.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.80 to trade at $1360.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.33% to 4.1387, while USD/PLN fell 0.94% to 3.3148.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.56.