Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Developers and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP), which rose 4.53% or 0.26 points to trade at 6.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA (WA:BHW) added 3.85% or 3.29 points to end at 88.79 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 3.12% or 3.10 points to 102.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which fell 3.88% or 2.18 points to trade at 54.01 at the close. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 1.45% or 0.10 points to end at 6.80 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was down 1.21% or 0.35 points to 28.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 284 to 256 and 105 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.50% or 1.29 to $52.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 3.29% or 1.88 to hit $58.92 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.60 to trade at $1160.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.42% to 4.2211, while USD/PLN rose 0.14% to 3.8325.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 96.80.