Poland stocks lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 0.63%

Poland stocks lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 0.63%

Oct 17, 2018

Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Information Technology and Oil&Gas sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.63%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Play Communications SA (WA:PLY), which rose 4.55% or 0.78 points to trade at 17.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 3.72% or 2.54 points to end at 70.78 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 3.05% or 6.00 points to 202.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which fell 3.83% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.760 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 2.56% or 2.50 points to end at 95.14 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was down 2.41% or 10.00 points to 405.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 190 to 129 and 162 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.79% or 2.01 to $69.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.81% or 1.47 to hit $79.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1230.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.06% to 4.2880, while USD/PLN rose 0.35% to 3.7158.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 95.04.

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