Polish equity market closed lower on Thursday. The broad market measure, the WIG index, fell by 0.93%. Most sectors dropped, with chemicals (-2.42%) and oil and gas (-2.42%) underperforming.

The large-cap stocks' gauge, the WIG30 Index, sank by 1.25%. A majority of the index components recorded declines. Chemical company GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) suffered the biggest daily drop, tumbling by 4.48%. Other largest losers were oil and gas producer PGNIG (WSE: PGN), coking coal miner JSW (WSE: JSW) and agricultural producer KERNEL (WSE: KER), plunging by 4.12%, 4.06% and 3.83% respectively. At the same time, railway freight transport operator PKP CARGO (WSE: PKP) and videogame developer CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR) led a handful of gainers, adding 1.39% and 0.91% respectively.