Poland stocks lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 0.72%

Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas , Food and Banking sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE ), which rose 4.32% or 0.15 points to trade at 3.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW ) added 1.94% or 0.47 points to end at 24.72 and Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP ) was up 1.63% or 6.60 points to 412.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN ), which fell 5.88% or 3.13 points to trade at 50.09 at the close. Text SA (WA:TXTP ) declined 1.99% or 1.40 points to end at 68.80 and Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1 ) was down 1.95% or 9.30 points to 468.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 324 to 196 and 130 ended unchanged.

Shares in Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 5.88% or 3.13 to 50.09.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.52% or 1.04 to $69.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.09% or 0.79 to hit $72.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 33.34 to trade at $2,751.74 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.32% to 4.27, while USD/PLN rose 0.65% to 4.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 106.36.

Source: Investing.com