Polish equity market closed lower on Friday. The broad market benchmark, the WIG Index, fell by 0.6%. Sector performance in the WIG Index was mixed. Utilities (+1.54%) recorded the biggest gains, while oil and0gas sector (-2.03%) fared the worst.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, lost 0.71%. In the index basket, videogame developer CD PROJEKT (WSE: CDR) tumbled the most, down 3.35%. Other major decliners were two banking sector names MILLENNIUM (WSE: MIL) and MBANK (WSE: MBK) as well as two oil and gas sector stocks PKN ORLEN (WSE: PKN) and PGNIG (WSE: PGN), dropping by 1.94%-2.95%. On the other side of the ledger, genco TAURON PE (WSE: TPE) led the gainers with a 2.9% advance, followed by agricultural producer KERNEL (WSE: KER), surging by 2.49%.