Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 1.58%

Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Basic Materials and Oil&Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.58%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 3.66% or 2.02 points to trade at 57.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 3.66% or 3.34 points to end at 94.58 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was up 2.73% or 17.00 points to 638.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which fell 1.48% or 0.34 points to trade at 22.66 at the close. Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1) declined 0.95% or 4.40 points to end at 459.20 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) was down 0.65% or 0.02 points to 3.38.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 242 to 235 and 109 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.72% or 0.50 to $69.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.71% or 0.51 to hit $72.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 26.20 to trade at $2,606.80 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.10% to 4.28, while USD/PLN fell 0.18% to 3.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 101.01.