Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Food and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 5.73% or 16.10 points to trade at 297.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 5.21% or 2.50 points to end at 50.50 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) was up 4.50% or 0.28 points to 6.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which fell 6.36% or 6.09 points to trade at 89.71 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 2.50% or 2.08 points to end at 81.00 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) was down 2.23% or 0.18 points to 7.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 277 to 255 and 128 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.61% or 1.13 to $42.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.59% or 0.80 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.76% or 8.50 to trade at $1115.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.22% to 4.1761, while USD/PLN fell 0.05% to 3.7495.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 96.50.