Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.24%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 3.19% or 7.40 points to trade at 239.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 2.60% or 0.25 points to end at 9.88 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) was up 2.39% or 4.60 points to 197.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which fell 4.29% or 15.60 points to trade at 348.40 at the close. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 3.57% or 0.20 points to end at 5.40 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was down 2.71% or 2.32 points to 83.18.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 273 to 208 and 165 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.57% or 0.20 to 5.40.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.61% or 0.39 to $63.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.69% or 0.47 to hit $67.65 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.40 to trade at $1338.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.18% to 4.2033, while USD/PLN fell 0.01% to 3.4188.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.71.