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 2.01% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the were Dino Polska SA (WA:), which rose 5.76% or 23.60 points to trade at 433.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Pepco Group Nv (WA:) added 3.64% or 0.57 points to end at 16.39 and Allegro (WA:) was up 2.86% or 0.74 points to 26.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Text SA (WA:), which fell 2.66% or 1.50 points to trade at 54.80 at the close. 11BIT (WA:) declined 1.17% or 2.00 points to end at 169.00 and CCC SA (WA:) was down 0.11% or 0.20 points to 184.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 293 to 211 and 125 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.25% or 1.72 to $78.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.78% or 1.42 to hit $81.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.94% or 25.14 to trade at $2,707.44 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.07% to 4.26, while USD/PLN rose 0.22% to 4.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 109.10.
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