Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Information Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 3.21% or 2.08 points to trade at 66.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 2.79% or 0.36 points to end at 13.26 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 2.68% or 7.65 points to 293.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGHM), which fell 1.85% or 1.36 points to trade at 72.08 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 1.76% or 0.90 points to end at 50.10 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was down 1.23% or 66.60 points to 5330.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 273 to 219 and 183 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.93% or 0.74 to $37.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.58% or 1.06 to hit $40.01 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.99% or 12.50 to trade at $1269.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.31% to 4.3357, while USD/PLN fell 1.23% to 3.8809.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.01% at 96.21.