Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 6.54% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.140 at the close. Meanwhile, Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) added 5.15% or 0.006 points to end at 0.127 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was up 4.98% or 0.0222 points to 0.4684 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Loulis Mills (AT:LOUr), which fell 3.50% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.93 at the close. Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) declined 3.28% or 0.065 points to end at 1.915 and Intracom Constructions Technical and Steel Constructions SA (AT:INCr) was down 1.46% or 0.015 points to 1.010.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 67 to 34 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iaso (AT:IASr) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 6.54% or 0.070 to 1.140.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.30 to $1223.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 6.55% or 3.58 to hit $51.05 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 5.94% or 3.72 to trade at $58.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.1339, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 96.812.