Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr), which rose 14.10% or 0.220 points to trade at 1.780 at the close. Meanwhile, K.L.M. (AT:KLUr) added 8.77% or 0.050 points to end at 0.620 and Intracom Constructions Technical and Steel Constructions SA (AT:INCr) was up 7.76% or 0.085 points to 1.180 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr), which fell 3.31% or 0.039 points to trade at 1.141 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 3.02% or 0.0012 points to end at 0.0384 and Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA) was down 2.99% or 0.040 points to 1.300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 56 to 50 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.25% or 3.25 to $1290.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.25% or 0.66 to hit $51.93 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.77 to trade at $60.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1474, while EUR/GBP fell 0.79% to 0.8946.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.222.