Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the rose 1.37%.
The best performers of the session on the were BUDIMEX SA (WA:), which rose 5.74% or 32.00 points to trade at 589.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Alior Bank SA (WA:) added 5.37% or 4.74 points to end at 93.06 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:) was up 4.07% or 5.85 points to 149.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kruk SA (WA:), which fell 3.90% or 17.40 points to trade at 428.60 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:) declined 2.24% or 0.63 points to end at 27.50 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:) was down 2.19% or 1.95 points to 87.15.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 253 to 241 and 111 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.49% or 0.36 to $73.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.69% or 0.53 to hit $76.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.10 to trade at $2,632.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.18% to 4.29, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.10% to 3.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 102.58.
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