Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 7.66% or 2.63 points to trade at 36.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) added 4.35% or 0.20 points to end at 4.80 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was up 4.00% or 1.74 points to 45.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which fell 3.45% or 0.33 points to trade at 9.23 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 1.82% or 0.80 points to end at 43.20 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was down 1.45% or 0.14 points to 9.54.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 312 to 234 and 182 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) fell to all time lows; losing 1.82% or 0.80 to 43.20. Shares in PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) fell to all time lows; falling 1.45% or 0.14 to 9.54.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.46% or 0.21 to $45.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.60% or 0.28 to hit $46.67 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.70 to trade at $1228.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.84% to 4.4398, while USD/PLN rose 0.97% to 4.1460.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 100.23.