Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Basic Materials and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 2.70% or 158.80 points to trade at 6044.90 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 1.91% or 2.35 points to end at 125.25 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) was up 1.66% or 0.66 points to 40.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which fell 4.51% or 2.46 points to trade at 52.04 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 2.21% or 0.14 points to end at 6.20 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was down 2.07% or 0.51 points to 24.07.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 266 to 237 and 180 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.96% or 1.23 to $40.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.53% or 1.11 to hit $42.73 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.74% or 9.10 to trade at $1235.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.13% to 4.2935, while USD/PLN fell 0.45% to 3.7997.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 94.61.