Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 3.50% or 3.55 points to trade at 105.11 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK) added 2.84% or 10.90 points to end at 395.00 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 2.77% or 1.90 points to 70.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which fell 3.74% or 1.41 points to trade at 36.30 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 1.04% or 0.05 points to end at 4.78 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was down 0.84% or 0.63 points to 74.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 286 to 246 and 190 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.48% or 0.23 to $47.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $50.60 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.70 to trade at $1246.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.43% to 4.2621, while USD/PLN fell 0.34% to 3.9514.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 99.53.