Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Media and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.22% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 1.10% or 0.90 points to trade at 82.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 0.85% or 0.22 points to end at 26.13 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 0.82% or 0.05 points to 6.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which fell 4.68% or 455.00 points to trade at 9265.00 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 4.56% or 4.72 points to end at 98.78 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was down 4.32% or 4.80 points to 106.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 303 to 186 and 181 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 3.09% or 1.89 to $59.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.89% or 1.87 to hit $62.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.90 to trade at $1320.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.01% to 4.1914, while USD/PLN rose 0.20% to 3.4296.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 90.37.