Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Food and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 1.71% or 0.96 points to trade at 56.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA (WA:BHW) added 1.20% or 1.20 points to end at 101.20 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 1.19% or 0.86 points to 73.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which fell 4.78% or 0.33 points to trade at 6.58 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 2.37% or 0.44 points to end at 18.15 and PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was down 2.30% or 0.74 points to 31.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 303 to 243 and 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.37% or 0.44 to 18.15.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.18% or 0.11 to $59.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $63.28 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1172.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.06% to 4.1744, while USD/PLN rose 0.56% to 3.7440.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 95.73.