Polish equity market closed lower on Friday. The broad market measure, the WIG index, fell by 0.52%. Most sectors dropped, with financials (-0.80%) underperforming.

The large-cap stocks' benchmark, the WIG30 Index, plunged by 0.44%. In the index basket, coking coal producer JSW (WSE: JSW) topped the list of decliners with a 2.81% drop. Other major laggards were genco TAURON PE (WSE: TPE), bank BZ WBK (WSE: BZW), railway freight transport operator PKP CARGO (WSE: PKP) and oil and gas producer PGNIG (WSE: PGN), slipping by 1.9%-1.98%. On the other side of the ledger, bank ALIOR (WSE: ALR) led the gainers with a 3.57% advance, followed by two chemical producers GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) and SYNTHOS (WSE: SNS), each growing by 1.36%.