Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Developers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 3.02% or 0.94 points to trade at 32.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 1.67% or 0.62 points to end at 37.71 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) was up 0.39% or 0.21 points to 54.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which fell 5.73% or 4.80 points to trade at 79.00 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 3.51% or 3.69 points to end at 101.56 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was down 3.12% or 2.38 points to 73.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 359 to 206 and 174 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.77% or 0.37 to $47.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.92% or 0.47 to hit $50.49 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.65 to trade at $1249.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.06% to 4.2739, while USD/PLN fell 0.04% to 3.9545.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 99.43.