Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 2.12%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 3.08% or 0.54 points to trade at 18.06 at the close. Meanwhile, OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 1.82% or 0.09 points to end at 5.03 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 1.66% or 2.60 points to 159.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which fell 5.10% or 10.00 points to trade at 186.00 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 4.15% or 4.40 points to end at 101.75 and Play Communications SA (WA:PLY) was down 3.57% or 0.77 points to 20.81.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 283 to 213 and 129 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.32% or 0.15 to $46.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.67% or 0.37 to hit $55.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 7.70 to trade at $1291.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.03% to 4.2914, while USD/PLN fell 0.51% to 3.7631.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 95.852.