Poland shares higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.86%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.86%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 4.17% or 0.79 points to trade at 19.75 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 3.44% or 20.40 points to end at 614.20 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 2.70% or 0.22 points to 8.37 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 1.89% or 0.50 points to trade at 26.00 in late trade. Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT) declined 0.97% or 25.00 points to end at 2,555.00 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) shed 0.77% or 0.10 points to 12.19.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 284 to 208 and 115 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.42% or 1.71 to $68.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.27% or 1.69 to hit $72.76 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 22.35 to trade at $2,729.85 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.06% to 4.30, while USD/PLN fell 0.29% to 3.96.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 103.39.