Poland shares lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 2.26%

Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 2.26%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP), which rose 1.25% or 7.00 points to trade at 567.50 at the close. Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) fell 0.03% or 0.10 points to end at 308.40 and X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB) was down 0.55% or 0.34 points to 61.66 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which lost 5.85% or 5.84 points to trade at 93.92 in late trade. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 5.37% or 0.78 points to end at 13.75 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 5.33% or 1.36 points to 24.14.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 305 to 187 and 121 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.71% or 1.18 to $67.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.69% or 1.23 to hit $71.46 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.90 to trade at $2,540.20 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.01% to 4.28, while USD/PLN rose 0.15% to 3.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 101.11.