Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which rose 2.04% or 4.70 points to trade at 235.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 1.92% or 1.21 points to end at 64.25 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was up 1.80% or 1.10 points to 62.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which fell 4.70% or 0.230 points to trade at 4.660 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 1.74% or 0.09 points to end at 5.08 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was down 1.46% or 0.15 points to 10.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 244 to 216 and 193 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.70% or 1.74 to $45.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 3.14% or 1.56 to hit $48.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.29 to trade at $1222.49 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.11% to 4.2410, while USD/PLN rose 0.25% to 3.7431.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.12.