Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 2.04% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 3.34% or 6.50 points to trade at 201.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 2.49% or 0.70 points to end at 28.80 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 1.80% or 1.10 points to 62.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which fell 5.18% or 8.50 points to trade at 155.50 at the close. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) declined 4.03% or 1.70 points to end at 40.53 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was down 3.67% or 1.60 points to 42.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 279 to 166 and 170 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.53% or 1.90 to $73.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.15% or 1.83 to hit $83.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1192.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.3138, while USD/PLN fell 0.21% to 3.7388.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 95.09.