Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 2.28%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 1.45% or 0.12 points to trade at 8.37 at the close. Meanwhile, CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) added 0.08% or 0.10 points to end at 124.90 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was down 0.20% or 0.10 points to 50.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which fell 5.73% or 3.05 points to trade at 50.15 at the close. mBank SA (WA:MBK) declined 4.84% or 21.80 points to end at 429.00 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was down 4.37% or 3.84 points to 84.11.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 245 to 189 and 175 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) fell to 3-years lows; down 5.73% or 3.05 to 50.15.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.09% or 1.43 to $69.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.79% or 1.32 to hit $74.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1312.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.63% to 4.2395, while USD/PLN fell 0.26% to 3.5492.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.50.