Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.48%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 5.06% or 12.70 points to trade at 263.75 at the close. Meanwhile, CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 3.90% or 6.45 points to end at 171.95 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 3.74% or 0.68 points to 18.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which fell 0.60% or 0.19 points to trade at 31.35 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 53.40 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 35.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 274 to 202 and 193 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.39% or 1.61 to $45.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 3.34% or 1.63 to hit $47.17 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.69% or 9.45 to trade at $1357.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.24% to 4.4314, while USD/PLN rose 0.12% to 4.0063.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.31.