Polish equity market closed higher on Wednesday. The broad market measure, the WIG Index, surged by 0.41%. Sector performance within the WIG Index was mixed. Materials (+3.72%) outperformed, while utilities (-1.05%) lagged behind.

The large-cap stocks gained 0.51%, as measured by the WIG30 Index, with the way up led by coking coal producer JSW (WSE: JSW), skyrocketing by 11.65%. Other major advancers were thermal coal miner BOGDANKA (WSE: LWB), bank PKO BP (WSE: PKO) and oil refiner LOTOS (WSE: LTS), increasing by 2.8%, 2.79% and 2.18% respectively. On the other side of the ledger, bank MILLENNIUM (WSE: MIL) and genco PGE (WSE: PGE) were the biggest decliners, falling by 2.48% and 2.06% respectively.