Polish equity market closed higher on Wednesday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, gained 0.29%. Sector performance within the WIG Index was mixed. Materials (+1.74%) outperformed, while utilities (-0.92%) lagged behind.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, added 0.3%. Within the index components, railway freight transport operator PKP CARGO (WSE: PKP) led the gainers with a 3.79% surge. Other major advancers were clothing retailer LPP (WSE: LPP), property developer GTC (WSE: GTC), oil refiner PKN ORLEN (WSE: PKN) and copper producer KGHM (WSE: KGH), boosting by 1.85%-2.74%. On the other side of the ledger, genco ENERGA (WSE: ENG) suffered the steepest drop, plunging 2.28%. It was followed by chemical producer GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT), IT-company ASSECO POLAND (WSE: ACP) and genco PGE (WSE: PGE), which recorded declines between 1.02% and 1.77%.