Poland shares higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 1.54%

Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Developers and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.54%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 19.96% or 3.31 points to trade at 19.89 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 4.64% or 27.60 points to end at 621.80 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 4.19% or 6.00 points to 149.30 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which lost 1.64% or 5.10 points to trade at 305.80 in late trade. Text SA (WA:TXTP) declined 0.81% or 0.60 points to end at 73.50 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) shed 0.75% or 0.45 points to 59.82.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 267 to 210 and 119 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.13% or 2.11 to $69.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.65% or 1.87 to hit $72.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.53% or 38.95 to trade at $2,581.35 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.02% to 4.29, while USD/PLN fell 0.23% to 3.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.56.