Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Household and Industrials 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 Loulis Mills (AT:LOUr), which rose 2.94% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Athens Water (AT:EYDr) added 2.93% or 0.15 points to end at 5.27 and Hellenic Telec (AT:OTEr) was up 2.60% or 0.27 points to 10.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr), which fell 3.93% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.710 at the close. National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) declined 3.36% or 0.008 points to end at 0.230 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was down 2.25% or 0.018 points to 0.780.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 54 to 48 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.70 to $1185.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.58% or 0.38 to hit $65.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.32 to trade at $71.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1408, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8958.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 96.20.