Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Energy, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.53% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which rose 3.47% or 0.49 points to trade at 14.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) added 3.06% or 0.110 points to end at 3.700 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 2.58% or 0.33 points to 13.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which fell 3.31% or 7.75 points to trade at 226.10 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 1.64% or 5.05 points to end at 301.95 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was down 0.89% or 1.00 points to 111.61.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 252 to 225 and 198 ended unchanged.
Shares in Enea SA (WA:ENAE) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.47% or 0.49 to 14.60. Shares in PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.58% or 0.33 to 13.10.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.17% or 0.53 to $46.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.11% or 0.53 to hit $48.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.52 to trade at $1217.58 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.14% to 4.2239, while USD/PLN rose 0.09% to 3.7099.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 95.65.