Poland shares higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.73%

Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil&Gas and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.73%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Orange Polska SA (WA:OPL), which rose 2.93% or 0.24 points to trade at 8.29 at the close. Allegro (WA:ALEP) added 2.93% or 1.10 points to end at 38.53 and CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR) was up 2.45% or 4.30 points to 179.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which lost 1.05% or 0.11 points to trade at 10.38 in late trade. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) declined 0.97% or 0.04 points to end at 3.66 and Text SA (WA:TXTP) shed 0.84% or 0.70 points to 82.70.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 250 to 245 and 119 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.08% or 0.06 to $73.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $77.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 3.50 to trade at $2,547.10 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.25% to 4.28, while USD/PLN rose 0.16% to 3.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 101.10.