Polish equity market closed higher on Wednesday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, rose by 0.31%. Chemicals sector (-0.49%) was sole decliner within the WIG Index, while utilities (+2.28) outpaced.

The large-cap stocks' measure, the WIG30 Index, added 0.32%. Within the index components, genco PGE (WSE: PGE) led the gainers with a 3.80% advance, followed by bank HANDLOWY (WSE: BHW) and oil and gas company PGNIG (WSE: PGN), growing by 2.39% and 2.29% respectively. At the same time, the session's most prominent losers were coking coal miner JSW (WSE: JSW), chemical producer GRUPA AZOTY (WSE: ATT), insurer PZU (WSE: PZU) and bank PKO BP (WSE: PKO), which quotations fell by 1.02%-1.83%.

The Warsaw Stock Exchange will be closed on Thursday, Dec.24, and Friday, Dec. 25, due to Christmas holidays.