Polish equity market closed higher on Friday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, surged by 0.46%. The WIG sub-sector indices were mainly higher with food stocks (+2.87%) outperforming.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, advanced 0.41%. Nearly 2/3 of all index components returned gains, with the way up led by agricultural producer KERNEL (WSE: KER), genco TAURON PE (WSE: TPE), chemical producer SYNTHOS (WSE: SNS) and oil refiner LOTOS (WSE: LTS), which added between 2.38% and 4.78%. On the other side of the ledger, thermal coal miner BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB), videogame developer CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR) and clothing retailer LPP (WSE: LPP) topped decliners' list, falling by 3.52%, 2.49% and 2.2% respectively.