Poland shares lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 0.45%

Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Developers, Chemicals and Food sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.45%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 2.28% or 0.08 points to trade at 3.36 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 2.19% or 0.21 points to end at 9.82 and Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT) was up 2.17% or 55.00 points to 2,590.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which lost 2.93% or 0.36 points to trade at 11.91 in late trade. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) declined 2.12% or 0.89 points to end at 41.02 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 2.07% or 0.57 points to 26.93.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 237 to 232 and 121 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.14% or 1.57 to $74.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.22% or 1.70 to hit $78.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 11.70 to trade at $2,637.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.30, while USD/PLN rose 0.29% to 3.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 102.69.