Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.92%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.92% to hit a new 3-months high.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT:ELIr ), which rose 5.91% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Cars Motorcycles and Marine Engine Trade and Import Company SA (AT:MTDr ) added 3.36% or 0.09 points to end at 2.77 and Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR ) was up 2.86% or 0.40 points to 14.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Lavipharm SA (AT:LPHr ), which fell 1.76% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.78 at the close. Thessaloniki Water and Sewage Co SA (AT:TWSr ) declined 1.23% or 0.04 points to end at 3.22 and Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr ) was down 1.07% or 0.04 points to 3.71.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 88 to 32 and 16 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.83% or 21.86 to $2,639.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.93% or 0.66 to hit $71.65 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.61 to trade at $74.60 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.30% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 108.22.

Source: Investing.com