Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA), which rose 5.88% or 0.085 points to trade at 1.530 at the close. Meanwhile, Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) added 3.35% or 0.020 points to end at 0.617 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) was up 3.21% or 0.003 points to 0.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR), which fell 3.52% or 0.500 points to trade at 13.700 at the close. K.L.M. (AT:KLUr) declined 2.40% or 0.016 points to end at 0.652 and European Reliance General Insurance Co SA (AT:EREr) was down 2.02% or 0.070 points to 3.400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 51 to 48 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1215.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $68.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $76.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.1717, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.9096.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.48.