Poland stocks lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 0.35%

Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Oil&Gas and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 2.67% or 0.24 points to trade at 9.24 at the close. Meanwhile, KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) added 2.44% or 3.20 points to end at 134.60 and Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT) was up 1.92% or 50.00 points to 2,650.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB), which fell 8.50% or 5.80 points to trade at 62.40 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 1.79% or 0.32 points to end at 17.55 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was down 1.65% or 250.00 points to 14,870.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 313 to 196 and 107 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.68% or 0.48 to $69.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.57% or 0.42 to hit $73.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 2.65 to trade at $2,525.65 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.03% to 4.28, while USD/PLN fell 0.38% to 3.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 101.31.