Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Energy and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which rose 3.49% or 4.20 points to trade at 124.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 0.72% or 0.40 points to end at 55.90 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 0.40% or 1.15 points to 286.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which fell 9.50% or 4.04 points to trade at 38.50 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 2.91% or 0.20 points to end at 6.67 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was down 2.89% or 0.38 points to 12.76.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 274 to 240 and 165 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.21% or 1.33 to $40.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.54% or 1.06 to hit $40.73 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.99% or 24.90 to trade at $1223.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.08% to 4.2591, while USD/PLN rose 0.46% to 3.8114.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 96.15.