Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the gained 1.81%.
The best performers of the session on the were Text SA (WA:), which rose 7.60% or 5.00 points to trade at 70.80 at the close. Meanwhile, CCC SA (WA:) added 6.53% or 12.00 points to end at 195.80 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:) was up 4.60% or 2.17 points to 49.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:), which fell 1.87% or 0.35 points to trade at 18.35 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:) declined 1.25% or 1.20 points to end at 95.00 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:) was down 0.84% or 0.50 points to 59.26.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 441 to 156 and 56 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.61% or 1.87 to $73.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.34% or 1.75 to hit $76.39 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.14% or 30.09 to trade at $2,671.09 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.07% to 4.27, while USD/PLN rose 0.94% to 4.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.83% at 109.19.
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