Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Banking and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.49% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 5.28% or 2.70 points to trade at 53.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) added 4.97% or 4.50 points to end at 95.00 and Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1) was up 4.20% or 14.80 points to 367.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which fell 2.17% or 4.00 points to trade at 180.20 at the close. PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) declined 1.56% or 0.65 points to end at 41.10 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was down 1.53% or 0.14 points to 9.02.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 231 to 220 and 190 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.76% or 1.39 to $51.68 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.79% or 1.06 to hit $60.15 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.60 to trade at $1232.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.03% to 4.2875, while USD/PLN fell 0.09% to 3.7675.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.745.
