Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.60%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT:ELIr ), which rose 4.88% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Alumil (AT:ALMr ) added 3.36% or 0.11 points to end at 3.23 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr ) was up 3.01% or 0.11 points to 3.76 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr ), which fell 1.97% or 0.11 points to trade at 5.48 at the close. Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ) declined 1.77% or 0.05 points to end at 2.77 and Profile Syst (AT:PRFr ) was down 1.67% or 0.09 points to 5.30.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 68 to 49 and 19 ended unchanged.

Shares in Alumil (AT:ALMr ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.36% or 0.11 to 3.23.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.75% or 20.10 to $2,711.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $70.64 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $74.31 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.43% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 103.60.

Source: Investing.com