Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media, Food and Oil&Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 2.77% or 1.20 points to trade at 44.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 2.15% or 0.17 points to end at 8.09 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 1.73% or 0.66 points to 38.83 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which fell 2.44% or 0.54 points to trade at 21.56 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 2.36% or 1.04 points to end at 43.06 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was down 1.87% or 4.00 points to 210.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 219 to 186 and 186 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 3.22% or 2.27 to $72.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.25% or 1.71 to hit $77.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.70 to trade at $1256.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.27% to 4.3485, while USD/PLN rose 0.81% to 3.7535.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 94.81.
