Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 1.54%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.54%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP ), which rose 19.96% or 3.31 points to trade at 19.89 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK ) added 4.64% or 27.60 points to end at 621.80 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP ) was up 4.19% or 6.00 points to 149.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP ), which fell 1.64% or 5.10 points to trade at 305.80 at the close. Text SA (WA:TXTP ) declined 0.81% or 0.60 points to end at 73.50 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN ) was down 0.75% or 0.45 points to 59.82.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 267 to 210 and 119 ended unchanged.

Shares in Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.64% or 5.10 to 305.80.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.28% or 2.21 to $69.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.79% or 1.97 to hit $72.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.53% or 39.00 to trade at $2,581.40 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.03% to 4.29, while USD/PLN fell 0.24% to 3.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.57.

Source: Investing.com