Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Media and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 5.35% or 2.65 points to trade at 52.17 at the close. Meanwhile, LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 4.54% or 224.95 points to end at 5174.95 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) was up 4.12% or 0.110 points to 2.780 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which fell 2.98% or 4.19 points to trade at 136.47 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 2.67% or 0.27 points to end at 9.83 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was down 1.29% or 0.37 points to 28.27.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 290 to 184 and 159 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.74% or 1.31 to $49.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.76% or 1.36 to hit $50.62 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.79% or 10.45 to trade at $1328.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.20% to 4.4188, while USD/PLN fell 0.58% to 3.9780.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 95.78.