Poland shares higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.99%

Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Developers, Basic Materials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.99%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 3.86% or 1.04 points to trade at 27.97 at the close. Allegro (WA:ALEP) added 3.69% or 1.27 points to end at 35.72 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 3.64% or 0.69 points to 19.65 in late trade.

Biggest losers included CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR), which lost 4.39% or 7.40 points to trade at 161.15 in late trade. Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) declined 2.02% or 7.20 points to end at 349.60 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) shed 0.59% or 0.05 points to 8.38.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 267 to 214 and 114 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.67% or 0.51 to $75.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.58% or 0.46 to hit $78.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.33% or 35.20 to trade at $2,674.50 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.22% to 4.29, while USD/PLN fell 0.36% to 3.92.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 102.62.