Polish equity market closed lower on Friday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, fell by 0.74%. From a sector perspective, materials were depressed the most, recording a 1.69% drop. On the contrary, technologies outperformed, climbing 0.73%.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, declined by 0.90%. BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB) kept its position as the worst performing name among the large-cap stocks as its quotations continued to record steep declines, posting a 6.36% slump. It was followed by JSW (WSE: JSW), CYFROWY POLSAT (WSE: CPS) and LPP (WSE: LPP), losing 2.81%, 2.78% and 2.44% respectively. At the same time, KERNEL (WSE: KER) was the biggest gainer, adding 2.68%. GTC (WSE: GTC), ASSECO POLAND (WSE: ACP) and GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) also were on upstream, advancing a respective 1.77%, 1.73% and 1.17%.