Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.43%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.43%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Titan Cement International SA (AT:TITCr ), which rose 2.65% or 0.85 points to trade at 32.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Profile Syst (AT:PRFr ) added 2.40% or 0.12 points to end at 5.12 and Cenergy Holdings SA (AT:CENEr ) was up 2.08% or 0.20 points to 9.83 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:ALBr ), which fell 2.06% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.91 at the close. Alumil (AT:ALMr ) declined 1.58% or 0.05 points to end at 2.80 and Athens Water (AT:EYDr ) was down 1.42% or 0.08 points to 5.56.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 62 to 53 and 24 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 6.05 to $2,602.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.39% or 0.96 to hit $69.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.82 to trade at $73.57 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 100.53.

Source: Investing.com