Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which rose 5.33% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.580 at the close. Meanwhile, Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) added 4.18% or 0.073 points to end at 1.818 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr) was up 3.33% or 0.005 points to 0.155 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr), which fell 8.11% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.154 at the close. Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) declined 4.44% or 0.001 points to end at 0.030 and AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) was down 3.74% or 0.080 points to 2.060.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 62 to 45 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.70 to $1339.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.54% or 0.34 to hit $63.17 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.45 to trade at $67.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2292, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8733.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.73.