Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking , Oil & Gas and Energy sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.56% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were CD PROJEKT SA (WA: CDR ), which rose 7.28% or 13.10 points to trade at 193.00 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA: MBK ) added 4.84% or 26.00 points to end at 562.80 and Santander Bank Polska SA (WA: SPL1 ) was up 4.11% or 18.70 points to 473.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were CCC SA (WA: CCCP ), which fell 5.00% or 10.80 points to trade at 205.20 at the close. Text SA (WA: TXTP ) declined 1.19% or 0.80 points to end at 66.60 and Orange Polska SA (WA: OPL ) was down 0.88% or 0.07 points to 7.66.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 268 to 253 and 109 ended unchanged.

Shares in CD PROJEKT SA (WA: CDR ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 7.28% or 13.10 to 193.00.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.15% or 0.10 to $68.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $72.24 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 13.99 to trade at $2,662.21 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.27% to 4.26, while USD/PLN fell 0.80% to 4.04.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 105.86.