Polish equity market retreated on Friday, with the broad market measure, the WIG Index, sliding 0.58%. Sector-wise, telecommunications names (-2.03%) recorded the biggest decline, while chemicals names (+0.48%) posted the largest rise.

The large-cap stocks fell by 0.76%, as measured by the WIG30 Index. There were only a few gainers among the Index components. GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) fared the best, posting advance of 2.43%, followed by PGNIG (WSE: PGN), CYFROWY POLSAT (WSE: CPS), LOTOS (WSE: LTS), TVN (WSE: TVN) and KGHM (WSE: KGH), adding 0.19%-0.89%. On the other side of the ledger, HANDLOWY (WSE: BHW) and ORANGE POLSKA (WSE: OPL) lagged, dropping 2.18% and 2.16% respectively. Other major decliners included LPP (WSE: LPP), ENEA (WSE: ENA), SYNTHOS (WSE: SNS), PEKAO (WSE: PEO) and PGE (WSE: PGE), losing 1.48%-1.74%.