Polish equity market closed lower on Thursday. The broad market benchmark, the WIG Index, declined by 1.31%. All sectors, but for media (+0.01%), were down, with chemicals stocks (-2.68%) lagging behind.

The large-cap companies' measure, the WIG30 Index, fell by 1.51%. The WIG30 index constituents closed mainly lower with chemical producer GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) underperforming, down 3.13%. Other major decliners were FMCG-wholesaler EUROCASH (WSE: EUR), footwear retailer CCC (WSE: CCC) and copper producer KGHM (WSE: KGH), which dropped by 2.66%, 2.55% and 2.49% respectively. At the same time, the handful advancers included videogame developer CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR), agricultural producer KERNEL (WSE: KER), bank BZ WBK (WSE: BZW) and oil and gas producer PGNIG (WSE: PGN), which gained between 0.19% and 1.06%.