Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Media and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 3.76% or 0.98 points to trade at 27.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 3.33% or 0.19 points to end at 5.90 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was up 1.88% or 0.53 points to 28.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which fell 2.83% or 0.17 points to trade at 5.83 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 2.26% or 1.09 points to end at 47.06 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was down 2.11% or 1.58 points to 73.19.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 285 to 235 and 188 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.24% or 1.09 to $49.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.99% or 1.01 to hit $51.88 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1268.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.23% to 4.2993, while USD/PLN fell 0.17% to 3.8384.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 96.18.