Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Utilities and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH), which rose 4.35% or 0.130 points to trade at 3.120 at the close. Meanwhile, Public Power (AT:DEHr) added 4.19% or 0.09 points to end at 2.24 and AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) was up 4.17% or 0.060 points to 1.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which fell 13.70% or 0.037 points to trade at 0.233 at the close. Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr) declined 12.89% or 0.096 points to end at 0.649 and Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) was down 3.24% or 0.060 points to 1.790.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 58 to 41 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.17% or 0.060 to 1.500.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.31 to $1293.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.12% or 0.54 to hit $47.87 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.57% or 0.30 to trade at $52.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1801, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.9218.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.18.