Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Food and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP), which rose 1.11% or 0.54 points to trade at 49.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 0.57% or 2.00 points to end at 355.70 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) was up 0.30% or 0.04 points to 13.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which fell 8.66% or 6.02 points to trade at 63.50 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) declined 5.29% or 0.40 points to end at 7.16 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was down 2.52% or 12.00 points to 465.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 278 to 206 and 196 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.86% or 0.38 to $44.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.04% or 0.49 to hit $47.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.38 to trade at $1250.28 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.18% to 4.2317, while USD/PLN fell 0.42% to 3.7222.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.80.