Polish equity market closed higher on Wednesday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, surged by 0.20%. Sector performance within the WIG Index was mixed. Materials (+1.32%) outperformed, while food sector (-1.46%) lagged behind.

The large-cap stocks gained 0.28%, as measured by the WIG30 Index, with the way up led by coking coal producer JSW (WSE: JSW), jumping by 4.89%. Among the other major advancers were banking name ALIOR (WSE: ALR) and two chemical producers GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) and SYNTHOS (WSE: SNS), adding 2.42%, 1.92% and 1.62% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, agricultural producer KERNEL (WSE: KER), videogame developer CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR), genco TAURON PE (WSE: TPE) and oil refiner LOTOS (WSE: LTS) were the biggest decliners, losing between 1.09% and 1.82%.