Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the WIG Banks, WIG IT and WIG Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.07% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which rose 4.11% or 6.90 points to trade at 174.90 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) added 3.67% or 4.60 points to end at 130.00 and Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1) was up 2.67% or 13.80 points to 530.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which fell 3.92% or 8.20 points to trade at 200.80 in late trade. X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB) declined 1.63% or 1.06 points to end at 63.84 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) down 1.39% or 0.34 points to 24.16.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 287 to 275 and 107 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Shares in Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) rose to all time highs; rising 3.67% or 4.60 to 130.00.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.62% or 1.19 to $72.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.44% or 1.11 to hit $75.89 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 10.26 to trade at $2,922.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.00% to 4.17, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.09% to 4.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 108.04.