Polish equity market closed higher on Thursday. The broad market benchmark, the WIG Index, added 0.16%. Sector-wise, construction sector (+0.68%) was the best-performing group, while telecoms (-1.35%) lagged behind.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, grew by 0.19%. In the index basket, bank BZ WBK (WSE: BZW), coking coal miner JSW (WSE: JSW) and footwear retailer CCC (WSE: CCC) topped the list of the session's best performers, gaining 2.32%, 2.18% and 2.08% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, clothing retailer LPP (WSE: LPP) recorded the biggest drop of 4.88%, as the company announced that pace of its sales growth in May was 5% y/y, which, however, was not enough to impress the investors. Other major decliners were genco ENERGA (WSE: ENG), telecommunication services provider ORANGE POLSKA (WSE: OPL) and property developer GTC (WSE: GTC), which plunged by 2.67%, 1.59% and 1.55% respectively.