Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.06%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.06%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ), which rose 4.16% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:ALBr ) added 3.03% or 0.05 points to end at 1.70 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr ) was up 2.84% or 0.05 points to 1.74 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (AT:OTEr ), which fell 3.68% or 0.58 points to trade at 15.17 at the close. Lavipharm SA (AT:LPHr ) declined 3.43% or 0.03 points to end at 0.73 and Intralot (AT:INLr ) was down 3.09% or 0.03 points to 1.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 70 to 49 and 21 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.91% or 53.40 to $2,747.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.56% or 1.07 to hit $69.68 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 1.01 to trade at $73.17 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP rose 0.78% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 104.03.

Source: Investing.com