Poland shares higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.21%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.21%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 2.66% or 0.53 points to trade at 20.46 at the close. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) added 2.34% or 0.08 points to end at 3.50 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 1.88% or 2.70 points to 146.35 in late trade.

Biggest losers included KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH), which lost 3.37% or 5.40 points to trade at 154.70 in late trade. Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT) declined 3.18% or 80.00 points to end at 2,435.00 and Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP) shed 2.10% or 0.38 points to 17.68.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 279 to 211 and 108 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.23% or 0.88 to $70.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.21% or 0.92 to hit $75.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.00% or 27.60 to trade at $2,732.20 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.62% to 4.35, while USD/PLN rose 0.77% to 4.03.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 104.26.