Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials , Chemicals and Banking sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.80%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Dino Polska SA (WA: DNP ), which rose 2.96% or 11.60 points to trade at 403.00 at the close. Meanwhile, CD PROJEKT SA (WA: CDR ) added 2.55% or 4.70 points to end at 189.20 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA: KGH ) was up 2.21% or 2.65 points to 122.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were 11BIT (WA: 11B ), which fell 2.34% or 4.20 points to trade at 175.00 at the close. BUDIMEX SA (WA: BDXP ) declined 1.41% or 6.60 points to end at 463.00 and Asseco Poland SA (WA: ACPP ) was down 0.63% or 0.60 points to 93.90.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 281 to 256 and 96 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.12% or 0.82 to $74.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.17% or 0.89 to hit $77.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 14.96 to trade at $2,687.36 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.29% to 4.26, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.04% to 4.14.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 109.06.