Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Information Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.24%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 0.40% or 1.40 points to trade at 354.85 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK) added 0.04% or 0.15 points to end at 408.00 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was down 0.07% or 3.65 points to 5440.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which fell 4.37% or 0.260 points to trade at 5.690 at the close. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 4.15% or 0.25 points to end at 5.78 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) was down 3.17% or 1.80 points to 55.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 329 to 237 and 165 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.37% or 0.20 to $53.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $55.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.45 to trade at $1239.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.33% to 4.3337, while USD/PLN rose 0.89% to 4.0825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 100.89.