Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.20%

Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking , Construction and Travel sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr ), which rose 2.68% or 0.40 points to trade at 15.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr ) added 2.65% or 0.03 points to end at 1.16 and Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ) was up 2.41% or 0.07 points to 2.97 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Piraeus Port (AT:OLPr ), which fell 2.14% or 0.65 points to trade at 29.75 at the close. Lavipharm SA (AT:LPHr ) declined 1.70% or 0.01 points to end at 0.75 and Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr ) was down 1.50% or 0.50 points to 32.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 61 to 46 and 28 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.33% or 8.70 to $2,653.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.68% or 0.48 to hit $70.56 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.78 to trade at $73.97 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 106.86.

Source: Investing.com