Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 1.37%

Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Construction , Banking and Media sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.37%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP ), which rose 5.74% or 32.00 points to trade at 589.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR ) added 5.37% or 4.74 points to end at 93.06 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO ) was up 4.07% or 5.85 points to 149.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kruk SA (WA:KRU ), which fell 3.90% or 17.40 points to trade at 428.60 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW ) declined 2.24% or 0.63 points to end at 27.50 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP ) was down 2.19% or 1.95 points to 87.15.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 253 to 241 and 111 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.49% or 0.36 to $73.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.69% or 0.53 to hit $76.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.10 to trade at $2,632.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.18% to 4.29, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.10% to 3.92.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 102.58.

Source: Investing.com