Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.80%

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 rose 0.80% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR ), which rose 4.83% or 0.70 points to trade at 15.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr ) added 4.73% or 0.06 points to end at 1.24 and Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr ) was up 2.99% or 0.01 points to 0.38 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Profile Syst (AT:PRFr ), which fell 1.66% or 0.09 points to trade at 5.33 at the close. Dimand Societe Anonyme for Real Estate Constructions (AT:DIMANDr ) declined 1.45% or 0.14 points to end at 9.53 and Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr ) was down 1.13% or 0.06 points to 5.25.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 74 to 46 and 18 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.61% or 16.25 to $2,668.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.49% or 1.05 to hit $71.42 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.04 to trade at $74.25 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 100.31.

Source: Investing.com