Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 1.37%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 1.37%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Jumbo SA (AT:BABr ), which rose 4.02% or 1.01 points to trade at 26.13 at the close. Meanwhile, Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr ) added 3.13% or 0.40 points to end at 13.20 and Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr ) was up 3.09% or 0.23 points to 7.68 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR ), which fell 3.95% or 0.60 points to trade at 14.60 at the close. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr ) declined 3.94% or 0.01 points to end at 0.32 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr ) was down 1.75% or 0.01 points to 0.34.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 77 to 44 and 17 ended unchanged.

Shares in Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr ) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.94% or 0.01 to 0.32. Shares in Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr ) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.09% or 0.23 to 7.68.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.25 to $2,679.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.76% or 0.56 to hit $74.27 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.54 to trade at $78.16 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.42% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 102.23.

Source: Investing.com