Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 7.70% or 4.35 points to trade at 60.85 at the close. Meanwhile, OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 4.01% or 0.23 points to end at 5.96 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 3.43% or 7.80 points to 235.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which fell 7.09% or 5.80 points to trade at 76.00 at the close. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) declined 4.71% or 2.01 points to end at 40.65 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was down 3.62% or 13.60 points to 362.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 238 to 215 and 196 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.24% or 0.76 to $60.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.93% or 0.60 to hit $63.74 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.80 to trade at $1321.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.05% to 4.2050, while USD/PLN rose 0.68% to 3.4129.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 90.07.