Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 2.21%

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 added 2.21%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr ), which rose 5.50% or 0.11 points to trade at 2.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr ) added 4.91% or 0.07 points to end at 1.54 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr ) was up 4.76% or 0.17 points to 3.63 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr ), which fell 1.58% or 0.05 points to trade at 2.81 at the close. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr ) unchanged 1.53% or 0.00 points to end at 0.29 and Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr ) was down 1.05% or 0.15 points to 14.15.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 80 to 33 and 22 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.59% or 15.71 to $2,665.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.46% or 0.31 to hit $68.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.30 to trade at $72.14 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 1.05% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.81% at 106.69.

Source: Investing.com