Friday preserved a downward tendency in Polish equity market. The broad market measure - the WIG index slipped 0.86%.Chemicals and utilities were the only sectors, which posted positive results (+0.65% and +0.37% respectively). At the same time, IT (-2.94%) was the worst-performing sector, followed by basic materials (-2.49%).

Large-cap stocks benchmark - the WIG30 index underperformed the broad market, posting a 0.96% drop. ASSECO POLAND (WSE: ACP) was the sharpest decliner among the indicator's constituents with its shares' quotations being beaten down 4.34%. It was followed by MBANK (WSE: MBK), dropping 3.77%. LPP (WSE: LPP), LOTOS (WSE: LTS) and ING BSK (WSE: ING) lost nearly 3% each. On the other side of the ledger, GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) and PGNIG (WSE: PGN) were recorded as the biggest gainers, advancing 2.70% and 2.62% respectively.