Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the WIG Energy, WIG Banks and WIG Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which rose 4.98% or 0.33 points to trade at 7.04 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 4.58% or 27.20 points to end at 621.00 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 4.34% or 1.25 points to 30.07 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP), which fell 1.55% or 0.34 points to trade at 21.62 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 0.62% or 0.08 points to end at 12.82 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) down 0.28% or 0.06 points to 21.28.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 253 to 249 and 98 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.06% or 0.05 to $80.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.07% or 0.06 to hit $85.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 5.05 to trade at $2,341.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.20% to 4.32, while USD/PLN fell 0.26% to 4.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 104.85.