Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Household and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr), which rose 3.95% or 1.0650 points to trade at 27.9950 at the close. Meanwhile, Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) added 3.21% or 0.050 points to end at 1.610 and J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) was up 2.80% or 0.024 points to 0.881 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autohellas (AT:AUTr), which fell 4.00% or 1.00 points to trade at 24.20 at the close. Centric Hold (AT:DESr) declined 2.81% or 0.005 points to end at 0.173 and Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA) was down 2.69% or 0.050 points to 1.810.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 60 to 56 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.21% or 0.050 to 1.610.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.25% or 3.40 to $1358.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.36% or 0.22 to hit $61.56 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.50 to trade at $64.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.2456, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 88.74.