Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Karatzi (AT:KRTr), which rose 12.78% or 0.850 points to trade at 7.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Sarantiseg (AT:SRSr) added 5.51% or 0.38 points to end at 7.28 and Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr) was up 3.80% or 0.80 points to 21.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which fell 3.74% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.030 at the close. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) declined 3.52% or 0.076 points to end at 2.084 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was down 3.09% or 0.024 points to 0.752.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 55 to 51 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.74% or 0.040 to 1.030. Shares in Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.80% or 0.80 to 21.85.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 6.50 to $1209.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.51% or 1.05 to hit $70.64 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.36 to trade at $79.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1675, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.15.