Polish equity market closed higher on Thursday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, surged by 0.83%. All sectors in the WIG gained, with materials (+2.1%) and oil and gas sector (+2.04%) outperforming.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, added 0.81%. Within the index components, BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB) and PKN ORLEN (WSE: PKN) fared the best, advancing 4.37% and 4.13% respectively. EUROCASH (WSE: EUR) and CCC (WSE: CCC) were also noteworthy performers, gaining 2.87% and 2.27% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, LOTOS (WSE: LTS) was the weakest name, dropping 2.23% on worries that the local tax office's tax claims would affect the company's third-quarter profit. It was followed by LPP (WSE: LPP), ENERGA (WSE: ENG) and PKO BP (WSE: PKO), declining 1.23%, 1.25% and 1% respectively.