Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, Chemicals and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 4.44% or 3.81 points to trade at 89.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 1.85% or 1.05 points to end at 57.70 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) was up 1.60% or 0.87 points to 55.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which fell 2.53% or 136.35 points to trade at 5263.65 at the close. mBank SA (WA:MBK) declined 2.30% or 8.00 points to end at 340.30 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was down 2.24% or 1.48 points to 64.52.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 268 to 263 and 175 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.44% or 3.81 to 89.53.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.38% or 0.20 to $53.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.34% or 0.19 to hit $56.27 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.61% or 18.75 to trade at $1184.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.16% to 4.3621, while USD/PLN fell 1.20% to 4.1153.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.03% at 101.43.