Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the WIG Food, WIG Construction and WIG Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.92% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Orange Polska SA (WA:OPL), which rose 4.13% or 0.33 points to trade at 8.43 at the close. BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP) added 3.58% or 19.00 points to end at 549.00 and X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB) was up 3.07% or 1.96 points to 65.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which fell 2.53% or 0.56 points to trade at 21.60 in late trade. CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR) declined 1.05% or 2.40 points to end at 226.90 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) down 0.65% or 1.30 points to 199.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 274 to 252 and 110 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $71.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $75.07 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 15.11 to trade at $2,943.81 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.39% to 4.18, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.05% to 4.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 107.28.