Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 1.05%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 1.05% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Profile Syst (AT:PRFr ), which rose 3.71% or 0.17 points to trade at 4.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics SA (AT:OPAr ) added 3.26% or 0.51 points to end at 16.15 and Gr Sarantis SA (AT:SRSr ) was up 3.02% or 0.30 points to 10.24 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intrakat Technikon Kai Energeiakon Ergon AE (AT:INCr ), which fell 2.52% or 0.13 points to trade at 5.02 at the close. Autohellas (AT:AUTr ) declined 2.26% or 0.26 points to end at 11.22 and Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ) was down 1.62% or 0.06 points to 3.34.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 68 to 41 and 25 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.27% or 6.85 to $2,534.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $73.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $76.97 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 101.59.

Source: Investing.com