Polish equity market closed flat on Friday. The broad market benchmark, the WIG Index, edged down 0.04%. Within the WIG index performance was mixed, with construction (+1.33%) outperforming and telecoms (-0.74%) lagging.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, fell by 0.29%. The decliners were led by insurer PZU (WSE: PZU) and genco PGE (WSE: PGE), which fell by 2.63% and 2.1% respectively. They were followed by chemical producer GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) and bank ALOR (WSE: ALR), which plunged by 1.74% and 1.67% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, railway freight transport operator PKP CARGO (WSE: PKP) became the best-performing stock, rebounding by 3.39% after two consecutive sessions of declines. Other major gainers were coking coal producer JSW (WSE: JSW), bank ING BSK (WSE: ING) and genco ENERGA (WSE: ENG), advancing 2.24%, 2.15% and 1.92% respectively.