Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Banking and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 8.73% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.249 at the close. Meanwhile, Intralot (AT:INLr) added 7.55% or 0.080 points to end at 1.140 and Folli Follie (AT:HDFr) was up 4.64% or 0.84 points to 18.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which fell 4.37% or 0.026 points to trade at 0.572 at the close. Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) declined 3.89% or 0.070 points to end at 1.730 and Athens Water (AT:EYDr) was down 2.60% or 0.16 points to 6.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 49 to 41 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.16 to $1311.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.24% or 0.12 to hit $50.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.15 to trade at $55.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1978, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8859.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 91.68.