Polish equity market advanced on Friday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, added 0.42%. All sectors, but for food industry (-0.09%), rose, with utilities (+1.68%) outpacing.

The large-cap companies' measure, the WIG30 Index, grew 0.35%. Within the index components, bank ALIOR (WSSE: ALR) led the gainers, recording advance of 5.38%. Other major outperformers were chemical producer SYNTHOS (WSE: SNS), bank ING BSK (WSE: ING), FMCG-wholesaler EUROCASH (WSE: EUR) and three gencos PGE (WSE: PGE), ENERGA (WSE: ENG) and ENEA (WSE: ENA), surging by 1.53%-2.55%. On the other side of the ledger, clothing retailer LPP (WSE: LPP) continued to plunge, losing 5.1%, after Thursday's announcement of 2Q and 1H results. It was followed by insurer PZU (WSE: PZU), footwear retailer CCC (WSE: CCC) and railway freight transport operator PKP CARGO (WSE: PKP), dropping 1.65%, 0.99% and 0.81% respectively.