Poland shares higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.44%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.44%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP), which rose 2.07% or 0.41 points to trade at 20.17 at the close. Orange Polska SA (WA:OPL) added 1.76% or 0.15 points to end at 8.42 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 1.70% or 7.40 points to 443.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 2.47% or 0.71 points to trade at 28.06 in late trade. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 2.06% or 0.23 points to end at 10.96 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 1.05% or 6.20 points to 583.80.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 259 to 215 and 125 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.18% or 0.87 to $74.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.03% or 0.80 to hit $78.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.30 to trade at $2,675.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.22% to 4.32, while USD/PLN rose 0.83% to 3.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 102.34.