Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 5.51% or 3.58 points to trade at 68.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) added 1.00% or 0.03 points to end at 3.04 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was up 0.84% or 0.11 points to 13.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which fell 5.48% or 8.75 points to trade at 151.00 at the close. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 3.20% or 0.17 points to end at 5.15 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was down 3.17% or 3.05 points to 93.25.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 284 to 236 and 166 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.52% or 1.35 to $36.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 3.77% or 1.52 to hit $38.81 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.63% or 20.20 to trade at $1215.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.17% to 4.2492, while USD/PLN rose 0.09% to 3.7310.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 94.67.