Polish equity market closed higher on Thursday. The broad market measure, the WIG index, added 0.51%. Sector-wise, materials (+3.33%) fared the best, while oil and gas sector (-1.32%) posted the worst result.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, advanced 0.14%. Thermal coal miner BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB) kept its position as a growth leader among the large-cap stocks, gaining a further 7.24%. Overall, LWB added more than 25% after four consecutive days of growth. Other major advancers were genco ENEA (WSE: ENA), copper producer KGHM (WSE: KGH), clothing retailer LPP (WSE: LPP) and bank PKO BP (WSE: PKO), surging by 2.12%-3.71%. On the other side of the ledger, the session's biggest laggards were bank BZ WBK (WSE: BZW), telecommunication services provider ORANGE POLSKA (WSE: OPL) and railway freight transport operator PKP CARGO (WSE: PKP), dropping by 1.87%, 1.54% and 1.5% respectively.