Polish equity market closed higher on Thursday. The broad market benchmark, the WIG Index, surged by 0.73%. Most sectors rose with informational technology (+1.72%) posting the biggest advance.

The large-cap stocks grew by 0.7%, as measured by the WIG30 Index. Within the index components, FMCG-wholesaler EUROCASH (WSE: EUR) led the gainers pack with a 3.89% advance, followed by IT-company ASSECO POLAND (WSE: ACP) and insurer PZU (WSE: PZU), climbing by 2.73% and 2.44% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, thermal coal miner BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB) recorded the biggest drop of 2.21%. Other major decliners were genco ENEA (WSE: ENA), videogame developer CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR) and oil refiner PKN ORLEN (WSE: PKN), plunging by 0.83%, 0.63% and 0.47% respectively.