Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.37%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.37%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr ), which rose 2.83% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr ) added 2.53% or 0.06 points to end at 2.43 and Intralot (AT:INLr ) was up 2.46% or 0.03 points to 1.08 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ), which fell 4.38% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.73 at the close. Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (AT:OLTr ) declined 1.86% or 0.40 points to end at 21.10 and Jumbo SA (AT:BABr ) was down 1.77% or 0.46 points to 25.48.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 71 to 55 and 20 ended unchanged.

Shares in Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.38% or 0.13 to 2.73.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.17% or 30.85 to $2,670.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.21% or 0.16 to hit $75.69 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.20 to trade at $79.20 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 102.67.

Source: Investing.com