Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which rose 4.43% or 0.1900 points to trade at 4.4800 at the close. Meanwhile, Kekrops SA (AT:KEKr) added 3.20% or 0.0400 points to end at 1.2900 and Hellenic Telec (AT:OTEr) was up 2.91% or 0.28 points to 9.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which fell 5.06% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.750 at the close. Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) declined 2.99% or 0.400 points to end at 13.000 and Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos SA (AT:ANEMr) was down 2.64% or 0.040 points to 1.475.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 50 to 48 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.06% or 0.040 to 0.750. Shares in Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos SA (AT:ANEMr) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.64% or 0.040 to 1.475.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.53% or 6.80 to $1290.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.49% or 0.23 to hit $46.31 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.14 to trade at $55.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1394, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.9039.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 95.907.