Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Travel and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.40% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which rose 7.96% or 0.045 points to trade at 0.610 at the close. Meanwhile, Intralot (AT:INLr) added 4.47% or 0.054 points to end at 1.262 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was up 4.10% or 0.025 points to 0.635 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iaso (AT:IASr), which fell 2.69% or 0.035 points to trade at 1.265 at the close. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) declined 2.11% or 0.003 points to end at 0.149 and Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) was down 2.04% or 0.001 points to 0.038.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 78 to 41 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.67% or 8.90 to $1331.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.44% or 0.28 to hit $63.52 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.20 to trade at $69.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.91% to 1.2142, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.68% at 91.04.