Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Household, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Reds (AT:CAMr), which rose 5.11% or 0.045 points to trade at 0.925 at the close. Meanwhile, J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) added 3.03% or 0.013 points to end at 0.442 and Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH) was up 2.61% or 0.080 points to 3.140 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which fell 4.07% or 0.0050 points to trade at 0.1180 at the close. Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) declined 4.00% or 0.060 points to end at 1.440 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) was down 3.12% or 0.003 points to 0.106.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 69 to 39 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.51% or 6.40 to $1262.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $73.78 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.45% or 1.12 to trade at $78.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1749, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8869.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.81.