Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Energy and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 7.24% or 2.95 points to trade at 43.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Enea SA (WA:ENAE) added 3.71% or 0.38 points to end at 10.63 and PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 2.35% or 0.54 points to 23.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 4.43% or 2.88 points to trade at 62.06 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 1.87% or 5.20 points to end at 272.20 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was down 1.50% or 0.49 points to 32.11.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 239 to 209 and 208 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.74% or 0.78 to $45.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.97% or 0.91 to hit $47.17 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.07% or 14.35 to trade at $1329.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.16% to 4.4134, while USD/PLN fell 0.08% to 3.9710.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 96.14.