Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Chemicals and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.70% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 3.89% or 1.48 points to trade at 39.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) added 2.73% or 1.50 points to end at 56.50 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 2.13% or 0.69 points to 33.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which fell 2.21% or 1.60 points to trade at 70.70 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 0.83% or 0.08 points to end at 9.60 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was down 0.63% or 0.33 points to 52.32.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 389 to 166 and 171 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.57% or 0.31 to $53.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.26% or 0.15 to hit $56.81 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.50% or 17.15 to trade at $1158.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.18% to 4.4120, while USD/PLN fell 0.54% to 4.2062.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.54% at 102.68.