Poland’s WIG30 index closed 0.81% higher on Wednesday, as gains in the chemicals, banking and energy sectors offset declines in other blue-chip names. The advance came as 271 stocks rose, 264 fell and 109 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
The WIG30’s top performers included X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA, which gained 3.90% to 180.00, Alior Bank SA, up 3.50% at 134.60, and power utility PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA, which rose 2.75% to 10.83. Among the laggards, oil major Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA fell 2.31% to 149.00, video game developer CD PROJEKT SA declined 2.02% to 238.00, and telecoms group Orange Polska SA shed 1.41% to 14.32.
Commodity markets showed mixed signals. Crude oil futures for October delivery slipped 0.11% to $82.27 per barrel, while Brent crude for November delivery fell 0.16% to $87.13. December gold futures declined 0.78% to $4,657.74 per troy ounce.
The Polish zloty held steady against the euro, with EUR/PLN virtually unchanged at 4.31, while USD/PLN strengthened 0.34% to 3.69. The U.S. Dollar Index futures rose 0.23% to 99.07.
