Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Chemicals and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.58%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which rose 2.67% or 0.18 points to trade at 6.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 0.69% or 0.12 points to end at 17.50 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 0.21% or 0.35 points to 168.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which fell 8.23% or 0.195 points to trade at 2.175 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 5.07% or 0.54 points to end at 10.11 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was down 4.57% or 0.45 points to 9.39.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 337 to 162 and 169 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 4.32% or 2.08 to $46.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.95% or 2.26 to hit $54.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 7.15 to trade at $1263.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.02% to 4.2890, while USD/PLN fell 0.55% to 3.7480.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 95.965.