Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 4.39% or 3.70 points to trade at 88.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 3.33% or 2.45 points to end at 75.95 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 3.10% or 0.29 points to 9.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which fell 2.41% or 10.60 points to trade at 429.80 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 2.36% or 5.20 points to end at 214.80 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was down 1.57% or 0.21 points to 13.14.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 247 to 231 and 195 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) rose to 3-years highs; up 4.39% or 3.70 to 88.00. Shares in Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.10% or 0.29 to 9.64.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.23% or 0.15 to $64.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $69.39 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 8.10 to trade at $1331.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.03% to 4.1648, while USD/PLN fell 0.55% to 3.3999.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 90.24.