Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.58%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.58% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr ), which rose 7.86% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.21 at the close. Meanwhile, National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr ) added 3.83% or 0.29 points to end at 7.75 and HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings SA (AT:HEPr ) was up 3.41% or 0.24 points to 7.14 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Cenergy Holdings SA (AT:CENEr ), which fell 1.85% or 0.17 points to trade at 9.00 at the close. Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr ) declined 1.81% or 0.62 points to end at 33.62 and Athens Water (AT:EYDr ) was down 1.19% or 0.07 points to 5.83.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 77 to 37 and 25 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.17% or 31.16 to $2,690.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.22% or 1.49 to hit $68.69 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.90% or 1.35 to trade at $72.47 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 105.53.

Source: Investing.com