Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which rose 5.69% or 0.25 points to trade at 4.64 at the close. Meanwhile, CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) added 3.59% or 2.34 points to end at 67.44 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 3.22% or 1.35 points to 43.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 4.39% or 5.35 points to trade at 116.43 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 3.12% or 8.90 points to end at 276.45 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was down 1.99% or 1.22 points to 60.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 294 to 243 and 172 ended unchanged.
Shares in Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.22% or 1.35 to 43.22.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.34% or 1.16 to $48.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 2.27% or 1.19 to hit $51.22 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.90 to trade at $1267.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.08% to 4.2235, while USD/PLN rose 0.20% to 3.8845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 99.05.