Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Media and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 2.65%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 1.64% or 96.35 points to trade at 5976.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 0.62% or 0.43 points to end at 69.93 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was down 0.04% or 0.01 points to 27.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which fell 7.20% or 4.50 points to trade at 58.00 at the close. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) declined 5.91% or 0.280 points to end at 4.460 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was down 5.00% or 1.21 points to 23.01.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 382 to 170 and 169 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.20% or 4.50 to 58.00.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 3.17% or 1.48 to $45.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.14% or 1.51 to hit $46.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.42% or 18.35 to trade at $1306.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.48% to 4.3219, while USD/PLN fell 0.08% to 3.8880.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.53% at 97.24.