Blue chips worth as much as PLN 1.2bn changed hands. Pekao and PKO BP banks as well as KGHM copper producer attracted most trade. Pekao dragged the market down with 4.03 percent dive. Analysts believe it was because the market reacted to the news that the state would sell over 4 percent of Pekao shares to UniCredit, the bank’s main shareholders.
The WIG20 index shed 1.16 percent to 2,697.54 points. WIG lost 0.69 percent
to 43,322.93 points. The volume of trade amounted to PLN 1.4bn.