Poland shares lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 2.19%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 2.19% to hit a new 6-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which rose 4.12% or 8.00 points to trade at 202.00 at the close. Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT) added 0.41% or 10.00 points to end at 2,450.00 and X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB) was up 0.28% or 0.20 points to 70.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Allegro (WA:ALEP), which lost 6.38% or 1.99 points to trade at 29.15 in late trade. Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP) declined 5.95% or 0.99 points to end at 15.58 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) shed 5.39% or 0.44 points to 7.64.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 350 to 180 and 87 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.80% or 0.55 to $68.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.76% or 0.55 to hit $72.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 3.80 to trade at $2,569.10 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.00% to 4.32, while USD/PLN fell 0.18% to 4.09.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 106.57.