Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.59%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.59%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP ), which rose 5.31% or 23.40 points to trade at 463.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP ) added 3.07% or 0.26 points to end at 8.55 and Text SA (WA:TXTP ) was up 2.25% or 1.50 points to 68.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE ), which fell 4.79% or 0.30 points to trade at 5.92 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW ) declined 3.11% or 0.71 points to end at 22.10 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE ) was down 2.86% or 0.11 points to 3.74.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 299 to 225 and 109 ended unchanged.

Shares in PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.79% or 0.30 to 5.92.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.88% or 0.62 to $70.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.23% or 0.90 to hit $74.09 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 8.24 to trade at $2,653.76 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.05% to 4.26, while USD/PLN rose 0.14% to 4.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 106.89.

Source: Investing.com