Polish equity market closed lower on Friday. The broad market measure, the WIG index, declined by 0.6%. Except for media (+1.69%) and materials (+0.39%), every sector in the WIG Index fell, with chemicals (-2.24%) lagging behind. The large-cap stocks' benchmark, the WIG30 Index, lost 0.69%. In the index basket, chemical producer GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT) was the weakest name, tumbling by 5.77%. It was followed by oil refiner PKN ORLEN (WSE: PKN), coking coal producer JSW (WSE: JSW) and agricultural producer KERNEL (WSE: KER), slumping by 3.7%, 3.07% and 2.22% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, media group CYFROWY POLSAT (WSE: CPS) led the advancers, climbing by 1.96%. Other major gainers were copper producer KGHM (WSE: KGH), oil and gas producer PGNIG (WSE: PGN) and clothing retailer LPP (WSE: LPP), adding 1.81%, 1.43% and 0.83% respectively.