Poland shares lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 0.06%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.06%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which rose 10.63% or 1.38 points to trade at 14.36 at the close. Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT) added 3.13% or 80.00 points to end at 2,635.00 and CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR) was up 3.01% or 5.40 points to 185.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which lost 5.06% or 0.55 points to trade at 10.31 in late trade. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 2.90% or 1.85 points to end at 62.03 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) shed 2.11% or 2.95 points to 136.90.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 278 to 232 and 105 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.81% or 1.30 to $73.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.76% or 1.34 to hit $77.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.32% or 33.50 to trade at $2,514.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.12% to 4.28, while USD/PLN rose 0.47% to 3.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 101.38.