Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 1.61% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 4.28% or 0.97 points to trade at 23.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Kruk SA (WA:KRU) added 1.98% or 4.40 points to end at 226.60 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 0.86% or 0.09 points to 10.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which fell 19.17% or 11.50 points to trade at 48.50 at the close. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 3.79% or 4.30 points to end at 109.20 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was down 3.00% or 1.33 points to 42.93.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 262 to 195 and 178 ended unchanged.
Shares in PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) fell to 52-week lows; losing 19.17% or 11.50 to 48.50.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.75% or 1.07 to $62.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.44% or 0.94 to hit $66.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.70 to trade at $1313.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.09% to 4.2168, while USD/PLN rose 0.22% to 3.4316.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 90.21.