Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.86%

Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food , Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.86%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP ), which rose 4.17% or 0.79 points to trade at 19.75 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK ) added 3.44% or 20.40 points to end at 614.20 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP ) was up 2.70% or 0.22 points to 8.37 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW ), which fell 1.89% or 0.50 points to trade at 26.00 at the close. Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT ) declined 0.97% or 25.00 points to end at 2,555.00 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS ) was down 0.77% or 0.10 points to 12.19.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 284 to 208 and 115 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.45% or 1.73 to $68.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.30% or 1.71 to hit $72.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.80% or 21.75 to trade at $2,729.25 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.06% to 4.30, while USD/PLN fell 0.30% to 3.96.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 103.38.

Source: Investing.com