Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.30%

Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Media , Information Technology and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU ), which rose 3.17% or 1.36 points to trade at 44.20 at the close. Meanwhile, CCC SA (WA:CCCP ) added 3.08% or 6.20 points to end at 207.80 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP ) was up 2.68% or 0.22 points to 8.44 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO ), which fell 3.49% or 4.90 points to trade at 135.65 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE ) declined 3.26% or 0.39 points to end at 11.59 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE ) was down 1.64% or 0.11 points to 6.73.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 259 to 234 and 110 ended unchanged.

Shares in Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.49% or 4.90 to 135.65.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.77% or 0.53 to $69.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $72.92 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.79% or 21.00 to trade at $2,685.80 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.24% to 4.29, while USD/PLN fell 0.18% to 4.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 106.08.

Source: Investing.com