Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.87%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.87%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Public Power (AT:DEHr ), which rose 4.21% or 0.48 points to trade at 11.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Profile Syst (AT:PRFr ) added 4.10% or 0.21 points to end at 5.33 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr ) was up 2.52% or 0.04 points to 1.51 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bank of Cyprus Holdings PLC (AT:BOCHGRr ), which fell 1.83% or 0.08 points to trade at 4.30 at the close. Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr ) declined 0.82% or 0.02 points to end at 2.41 and Premia AE (AT:PREMr ) was down 0.67% or 0.01 points to 1.18.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 80 to 37 and 19 ended unchanged.

Shares in Bank of Cyprus Holdings PLC (AT:BOCHGRr ) fell to all time lows; falling 1.83% or 0.08 to 4.30.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.55% or 14.75 to $2,680.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.89% or 3.61 to hit $70.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.61% or 3.57 to trade at $73.89 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 102.90.

Source: Investing.com