Polish equity market closed flat on Friday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, inched down 0.01%. Within the index, banking sector (+1.37%) fared the best, while utilities names (-1.94%) declined the most.

The large-cap WIG30 Index edged down 0.14%. PGING (WSE: PGN) was the weakest name among the index components, plunging 2.84%. It was followed by utilities stocks TAURON PE (WSE: TPE) and ENEA (WSE: ENA), declining 2.72% and 2.63% respectively. CCC (WSE: CCC), GTC (WSE: GTC) and HANDLOWY (WSE: BHW) were also among top fallers, dropping more than 2% each. On the other side of the ledger, BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB) and KERNEL (WSE: KER) topped the list of advancers, climbing by 5.08% and 2% respectively. Banking names PKO BP (WSE: PKO), MBANK (WSE: MBK), PEKAO (WSE: PEO), ALIOR (WSE: ALR) and BZ WBK (WSE: BZW) were also good performers, jumping by 0.81-1.76% and extending their gains from the previous session.