Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.30%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr ), which rose 3.46% or 0.14 points to trade at 4.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Autohellas (AT:AUTr ) added 3.24% or 0.36 points to end at 11.48 and Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr ) was up 2.99% or 0.06 points to 2.07 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Gr Sarantis SA (AT:SRSr ), which fell 2.55% or 0.26 points to trade at 9.94 at the close. Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR ) declined 2.04% or 0.30 points to end at 14.40 and Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics SA (AT:OPAr ) was down 1.64% or 0.26 points to 15.64.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 55 to 53 and 20 ended unchanged.

Shares in Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.04% or 0.30 to 14.40.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.58% or 14.90 to $2,545.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.67% or 2.03 to hit $73.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.21% or 1.74 to trade at $77.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.13% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 101.39.

Source: Investing.com