Polish equity market closed slightly higher Wednesday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index edged up 0.06%. Sector-wise, food sector (+4.14%) recorded the biggest advance, while telecommunication sector (-2.25%) fared the worst.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, added 0.16%. Within the index components, agricultural producer KERNEL (WSE: KER) was the best-performing name, climbing by 5.45%. It was followed by bank BZ WBK (WSE: BZW) and media group CYFROWY POLSAT (WSE: CPS), advancing 4.61% and 4.18% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, telecommunication services provider ORANGE POLSKA (WSE: OPL), genco PGE (WSE: PGE) and insurer PZU (WSE: PZU) were the biggest decliners, dropping by 3.05%-3.66%.