Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Banking and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 9.72% or 0.021 points to trade at 0.230 at the close. Meanwhile, Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) added 8.26% or 0.009 points to end at 0.118 and Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr) was up 5.64% or 0.330 points to 6.180 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Profile Syst (AT:PRFr), which fell 4.98% or 0.033 points to trade at 0.630 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 3.06% or 0.0070 points to end at 0.2250 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr) was down 2.46% or 0.003 points to 0.119.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 62 to 46 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Select Textile (AT:EPIr) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.72% or 0.021 to 0.230. Shares in Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 5.64% or 0.330 to 6.180.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.68% or 8.49 to $1257.89 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.68% or 0.29 to hit $43.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.33 to trade at $45.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1199, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8795.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.93.