Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.13%

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

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR), which rose 7.46% or 1.00 points to trade at 14.40 at the close. Meanwhile, J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) added 4.86% or 0.07 points to end at 1.47 and Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) was up 3.57% or 0.06 points to 1.74 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Optima bank SA (AT:OPTIMAr), which fell 2.46% or 0.32 points to trade at 12.70 at the close. Cenergy Holdings SA (AT:CENEr) declined 1.86% or 0.16 points to end at 8.44 and Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:ALBr) was down 1.68% or 0.03 points to 1.76.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 64 to 51 and 21 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.51% or 13.56 to $2,656.16 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.25% or 0.86 to hit $69.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.82 to trade at $73.30 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 106.86.