Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.17% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 4.50% or 1.19 points to trade at 27.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 3.92% or 2.62 points to end at 69.49 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) was up 3.32% or 0.23 points to 7.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which fell 2.35% or 0.31 points to trade at 12.87 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 2.35% or 0.15 points to end at 6.23 and Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA (WA:BHW) was down 0.83% or 0.68 points to 81.33.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 264 to 255 and 173 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.06% or 0.78 to $38.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.82% or 0.33 to hit $40.38 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.06% or 13.50 to trade at $1259.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 1.02% to 4.2932, while USD/PLN fell 0.96% to 3.8411.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 96.05.