Polish equity market finished Wednesday on a positive note. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, added 1.42%. 9 out of 11 sectors in the WIG Index increased, led by oil and gas sector stocks, which rose by 3.19%.

The large-cap companies' measure, the WIG30 Index, surged by 1.44%. Within the Index components, the advancers pack was led by ING BSK (WSE: ING), which skyrocketed by 5.16% after the company reported 2Q15 financials that exceeded analysts' estimates. PGNIG (WSE: PGN) jumped by 4.78% on news the negotiations with Russia's Gazprom regarding imported gas prices advanced. On the other side of the ledger, BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB) remained among the weakest performers, losing 1.37%. PGE (WSE: PGE) also went down by 1.37% after the company announced it ran test for impairment of its assets and it might have to write down some of them.