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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 3.37%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA: ALRR ), which rose 7.36% or 6.68 points to trade at 97.50 at the close. Meanwhile, BUDIMEX SA (WA: BDXP ) added 6.60% or 34.00 points to end at 549.00 and Rainbow Tours SA (WA: RBW ) was up 6.40% or 7.80 points to 129.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA: JSW ), which fell 0.67% or 0.17 points to trade at 25.11 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA: ACPP ) declined 0.15% or 0.20 points to end at 136.80 and Dino Polska SA (WA: DNP ) was up 0.02% or 0.10 points to 488.20.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 342 to 190 and 95 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for April delivery was down 4.39% or 3.00 to $65.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 3.77% or 2.68 to hit $68.36 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 17.76 to trade at $2,938.36 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.13% to 4.16, while USD/PLN fell 1.48% to 3.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.18% at 104.44.