Polish equity market closed lower on Wednesday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, dropped by 0.57%. All sectors, but for media (+0.05%), were down, with chemicals (-2.71%) lagging behind.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index fell by 0.71%. Within the Index components, chemical producer GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT), insurer PZU (WSE: PZU), bank BZ WBK (WSE: BZW) and two gencos PGE (WSE: PGE) and TAURON PE (WSE: TPE) were the weakest performers, returning losses between 2.21% and 3.62%. On the other side of the ledger, clothing retailer LPP (WSE: LPP) led the advancers pack with a 2.51% growth. It was followed by coking coal miner JSW (WSE: JSW) and railway freight transport operator PKP CARGO (WSE: PKP), advancing 2.45% and 2.41% respectively.