Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the WIG Energy, WIG IT and WIG Banks sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH), which rose 0.29% or 0.35 points to trade at 119.65 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 0.11% or 0.06 points to end at 50.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was down 0.27% or 0.13 points to 48.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR), which fell 4.55% or 8.80 points to trade at 184.50 in late trade. 11BIT (WA:11B) declined 4.17% or 7.80 points to end at 179.20 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) down 4.02% or 650.00 points to 15,520.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 322 to 223 and 84 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.19% or 0.88 to $73.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.17% or 0.90 to hit $76.15 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 17.26 to trade at $2,682.66 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.32% to 4.27, while USD/PLN rose 0.65% to 4.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 108.93.