Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Media and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.13% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 4.22% or 3.24 points to trade at 79.99 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK) added 2.77% or 10.45 points to end at 387.20 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 2.42% or 2.95 points to 125.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which fell 2.94% or 2.10 points to trade at 69.30 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 2.49% or 8.85 points to end at 346.15 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) was down 2.26% or 0.24 points to 10.37.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 302 to 269 and 189 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.22% or 3.24 to 79.99. Shares in KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.42% or 2.95 to 125.10.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.88% or 1.01 to $52.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.12% or 1.19 to hit $55.05 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.27% or 3.25 to trade at $1186.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.33% to 4.3323, while USD/PLN fell 0.37% to 4.0541.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 100.64.