Polish equity market advanced on Thursday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, surged by 1.68%. Except for constructions (-0.92%) and telecommunications (-0.28%), every sector in the WIG Index gained, with materials (+4.24%) outperforming.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, advanced 1.99%. A majority of the index components returned gains, with the way up led by KGHM (WSE: KGH) and PKO BP (WSE: PKO), climbing 5.49% and 4.03% respectively. They were followed by BZ WBK (WSE: BZW), TAURON PE (WSE: TPE) and CYFROWY POLSAT (WSE: CPS), gaining 3.05%-3.31%. At the same time, the poorest-performing names, including BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB), GTC (WSE: GTC) and BORYSZEW (WSE: BRS), were down by 2.39%, 1.17% and 1.15% respectively.