Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.44%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.44%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP ), which rose 2.07% or 0.41 points to trade at 20.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange Polska SA (WA:OPL ) added 1.76% or 0.15 points to end at 8.42 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU ) was up 1.70% or 7.40 points to 443.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW ), which fell 2.47% or 0.71 points to trade at 28.06 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE ) declined 2.06% or 0.23 points to end at 10.96 and mBank SA (WA:MBK ) was down 1.05% or 6.20 points to 583.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 259 to 215 and 125 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.21% or 0.89 to $74.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.06% or 0.82 to hit $78.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 2.50 to trade at $2,676.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.22% to 4.32, while USD/PLN rose 0.84% to 3.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 102.33.

Source: Investing.com