Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Banking and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 5.45% or 1.50 points to trade at 29.00 at the close. Meanwhile, PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) added 2.52% or 0.95 points to end at 38.67 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 1.29% or 0.07 points to 5.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which fell 9.92% or 5.10 points to trade at 46.32 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) declined 2.93% or 0.16 points to end at 5.30 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) was down 2.93% or 1.64 points to 54.24.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 298 to 191 and 225 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.10% or 0.05 to $48.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.41% or 0.21 to hit $50.68 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.69% or 9.35 to trade at $1347.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.48% to 4.3129, while USD/PLN rose 0.84% to 3.8100.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 94.54.