Poland stocks lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 0.38%

Poland stocks lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 0.38%

Aug 24, 2018

Poland stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food, Banking and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.38%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 2.37% or 0.86 points to trade at 37.22 at the close. Meanwhile, CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 1.90% or 4.20 points to end at 224.80 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 1.84% or 3.80 points to 210.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which fell 2.86% or 0.16 points to trade at 5.44 at the close. Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) declined 2.43% or 2.30 points to end at 92.30 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was down 2.30% or 1.74 points to 74.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 209 to 193 and 210 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.84% or 1.25 to $69.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.82% or 1.36 to hit $76.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.67% or 19.90 to trade at $1213.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.33% to 4.2755, while USD/PLN fell 1.11% to 3.6764.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 95.00.

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