Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Chemicals and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.07% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which rose 9.21% or 0.86 points to trade at 10.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Enea SA (WA:ENAE) added 8.15% or 0.80 points to end at 10.61 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 4.08% or 0.43 points to 10.97 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which fell 3.43% or 5.95 points to trade at 167.55 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) declined 1.87% or 3.95 points to end at 207.00 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was down 1.12% or 4.25 points to 376.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 301 to 278 and 172 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.29% or 1.21 to $53.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.47% or 1.36 to hit $56.44 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.91% or 10.95 to trade at $1186.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.13% to 4.3476, while USD/PLN rose 0.56% to 4.0728.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.67% at 100.58.