Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.77%

Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials , Construction and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.77%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR ), which rose 4.27% or 0.41 points to trade at 10.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS ) added 3.85% or 0.46 points to end at 12.42 and Orange Polska SA (WA:OPL ) was up 3.28% or 0.27 points to 8.62 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP ), which fell 2.36% or 0.46 points to trade at 19.00 at the close. X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB ) declined 2.22% or 1.40 points to end at 61.64 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU ) was down 0.60% or 0.25 points to 41.34.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 256 to 254 and 103 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.78% or 0.55 to $70.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.67% or 0.50 to hit $73.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 11.00 to trade at $2,689.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.30, while USD/PLN rose 0.35% to 3.95.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 103.26.

Source: Investing.com