Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Energy and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 1.95% or 2.09 points to trade at 109.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 1.70% or 1.09 points to end at 65.28 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was up 1.38% or 0.80 points to 58.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which fell 3.19% or 9.80 points to trade at 297.00 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) declined 2.54% or 0.18 points to end at 6.91 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) was down 2.33% or 0.26 points to 10.92.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 334 to 200 and 169 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.02% or 0.50 to $49.57 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.96% or 0.50 to hit $52.71 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.29 to trade at $1255.41 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.74% to 4.2226, while USD/PLN rose 1.00% to 3.7938.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 97.47.