Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.45%

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 added 0.45%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr ), which rose 4.29% or 0.23 points to trade at 5.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Alumil (AT:ALMr ) added 3.82% or 0.12 points to end at 3.13 and Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT:ELIr ) was up 3.03% or 0.06 points to 2.04 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ), which fell 1.92% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.82 at the close. Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr ) declined 1.52% or 0.02 points to end at 1.17 and Cenergy Holdings SA (AT:CENEr ) was down 1.32% or 0.12 points to 9.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 71 to 51 and 19 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 9.30 to $2,688.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.35% or 0.25 to hit $70.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $74.09 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.35% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 103.22.

Source: Investing.com