Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 1.39% or 0.65 points to trade at 47.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) added 1.09% or 1.34 points to end at 123.92 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 0.91% or 0.48 points to 52.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which fell 4.48% or 2.92 points to trade at 62.22 at the close. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 4.12% or 0.23 points to end at 5.35 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was down 4.06% or 2.98 points to 70.47.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 317 to 235 and 184 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.65% or 0.33 to $50.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.32% or 0.17 to hit $53.73 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 3.16% or 36.75 to trade at $1126.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.12% to 4.4313, while USD/PLN rose 1.32% to 4.2686.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.34% at 103.40.