Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the WIG Basic Materials, WIG Oil & Gas and WIG IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.72% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR), which rose 5.70% or 8.55 points to trade at 158.55 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 3.60% or 4.30 points to end at 123.90 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) was up 2.75% or 0.36 points to 13.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT), which fell 2.95% or 75.00 points to trade at 2,465.00 in late trade. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 0.83% or 0.85 points to end at 101.15 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) down 0.69% or 0.09 points to 12.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 270 to 229 and 105 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.59% or 0.49 to $83.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.31 to hit $85.71 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 5.75 to trade at $2,416.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.10% to 4.25, while USD/PLN fell 0.44% to 3.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 103.77.