Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.52%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which rose 1.48% or 3.10 points to trade at 212.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 0.79% or 2.75 points to end at 349.50 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 0.31% or 0.95 points to 306.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which fell 5.72% or 3.52 points to trade at 58.00 at the close. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) declined 3.83% or 0.25 points to end at 6.27 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) was down 3.62% or 0.42 points to 11.18.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 377 to 166 and 173 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.19% or 0.58 to $49.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.41% or 0.73 to hit $52.38 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.67% or 20.59 to trade at $1256.99 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.1845, while USD/PLN fell 0.27% to 3.7573.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 97.55.