Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Media and Developers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 6.39% or 2.75 points to trade at 45.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) added 3.92% or 0.23 points to end at 6.10 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 3.81% or 1.18 points to 32.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 2.18% or 2.29 points to trade at 102.62 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 2.11% or 1.00 points to end at 46.50 and Play Communications SA (WA:PLY) was down 0.77% or 0.16 points to 20.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 238 to 188 and 197 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.34% or 1.65 to $68.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.69% or 1.35 to hit $78.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 3.70 to trade at $1207.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.07% to 4.3051, while USD/PLN fell 0.47% to 3.6881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.63.
