Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Information Technology, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 4.59% or 4.00 points to trade at 91.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 3.13% or 1.57 points to end at 51.67 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 3.01% or 0.15 points to 5.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 2.31% or 1.69 points to trade at 71.57 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) declined 1.76% or 1.09 points to end at 60.80 and PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was down 1.64% or 0.42 points to 25.26.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 277 to 240 and 190 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.70% or 0.31 to $43.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.00% or 0.46 to hit $45.34 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1253.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.96% to 4.3091, while USD/PLN rose 0.92% to 3.8111.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.46.