Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the WIG Construction, WIG Banks and WIG Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP), which rose 5.74% or 32.00 points to trade at 589.50 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 5.37% or 4.74 points to end at 93.06 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 4.07% or 5.85 points to 149.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which fell 3.90% or 17.40 points to trade at 428.60 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 2.24% or 0.63 points to end at 27.50 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) down 2.19% or 1.95 points to 87.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 253 to 241 and 111 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.50% or 0.37 to $73.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.66% or 0.51 to hit $76.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 2.70 to trade at $2,632.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.18% to 4.29, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.11% to 3.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 102.57.