Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Media and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which rose 3.41% or 6.35 points to trade at 192.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 3.31% or 1.25 points to end at 39.00 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was up 3.17% or 14.90 points to 484.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 2.88% or 1.96 points to trade at 66.00 at the close. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) declined 1.03% or 1.35 points to end at 129.15 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) was down 0.91% or 0.15 points to 16.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 308 to 272 and 88 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.18% or 0.71 to $61.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.93% or 0.62 to hit $68.14 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.70 to trade at $1190.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.26% to 4.0396, while USD/PLN fell 1.02% to 3.5656.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.03% at 94.28.