Polish equity market closed lower on Friday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, edged down 0.1%. Sector performance within the WIG Index was mixed. Materials sector (+3.31%) was the strongest group, while construction sector (-2.28%) lagged behind.
The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, fell by 0.15%. The decliners were led by oil and gas producer PGNIG (WSE: PGN), which went down 5.38%. It was followed by chemical producer SYNTHOS (WSE: SNS), coking coal producer JSW (WSE: JSW), IT-company ASSECO POLAND (WSE: ACP) and bank BZ WBK (WSE: BZW), which lost between 2.52% and 2.68%. At the same time, copper producer KGHM (WSE: KGH) recorded the strongest daily result, climbing by 3.63%. Other major gainers were thermal coal miner BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB), clothing retailer LPP (WSE: LPP) and videogame developer CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR), advancing by 3.59%, 3.52% and 3.17% respectively.