Polish equity market appreciated on Thursday. The broad market measure, the WIG index, added 2.12%. Sector-wise, oil and gas sector (-1.68%) was the only group that suffered a loss. At the same time, materials (+9.54%) fared the best.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, advanced 2.18%. BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB) recorded the strongest daily performance in the WIG30, soaring by 12.87%. The news, that the company's key client ENEA (WSE: ENA; +0.9%) may return to negotiations on terminated coal supply contract, helped the stock to bounce back from its historical lows. KGHM (WSE: KGH) emerged as the second best-performing stock, adding 9.34%, supported by higher copper prices. GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) and JSW (WSE: JSW) also posted strong gains, boosting by 8.39% and 6% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, PKN ORLEN (WSE: PKN) and ENERGA (WSE: ENG) were the major laggards, losing 2.64% and 1.46% respectively.