Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction, Travel and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr), which rose 3.68% or 0.14 points to trade at 3.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Dimand Societe Anonyme for Real Estate Constructions (AT:DIMANDr) added 3.61% or 0.30 points to end at 8.60 and Intracom Holdings SA (AT:INRr) was up 3.45% or 0.11 points to 3.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Athens Water (AT:EYDr), which fell 2.82% or 0.16 points to trade at 5.52 at the close. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) declined 2.60% or 0.01 points to end at 0.36 and J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) was down 2.36% or 0.03 points to 1.41.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 62 to 58 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.02% or 24.25 to $2,344.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.52% or 0.42 to hit $81.71 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.43 to trade at $86.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 105.49.