Polish stocks down after exit poll points to narrow gap in presidential election

Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA

19/05/2025 08:08

Corrects paragraph 1 to say Trzaskowski is from ruling coalition

May 19 (Reuters) - Polish equities slipped on Monday after late polls gave a likely narrow lead to Rafal Trzaskowski from the ruling centrist Civic Coalition (KO) in the presidential election.

Trzaskowski placed first with 31.2% of the vote, ahead of Karol Nawrocki, the candidate backed by the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, who had 29.7%, according to an Ipsos late poll. The gap was much narrower than the 4-7 percentage points seen in opinion polls before the vote.

Poland's blue-chip index .WIG20 was down 1.4% at 0719 GMT, with shares in lenders Pekao PEO.WA and PKO BP PKO.WA leading losses.

 (Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka
Editing by Ros Russell)

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