Poland shares higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.89%

Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Developers, Oil&Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.89%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which rose 8.54% or 12.20 points to trade at 155.00 at the close. Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP) added 4.54% or 0.79 points to end at 18.09 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 3.49% or 15.00 points to 445.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which lost 2.87% or 1.40 points to trade at 47.33 in late trade. X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB) declined 1.00% or 0.68 points to end at 67.46 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) shed 0.92% or 0.09 points to 9.72.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 284 to 226 and 103 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.17% or 0.87 to $75.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.90% or 0.70 to hit $78.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 15.90 to trade at $2,553.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.17% to 4.28, while USD/PLN rose 0.19% to 3.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 101.35.