Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr), which rose 4.29% or 0.23 points to trade at 5.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Alumil (AT:ALMr) added 3.82% or 0.12 points to end at 3.13 and Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT:ELIr) was up 3.03% or 0.06 points to 2.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr), which fell 1.92% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.82 at the close. Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr) declined 1.52% or 0.02 points to end at 1.17 and Cenergy Holdings SA (AT:CENEr) was down 1.32% or 0.12 points to 9.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 71 to 51 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 9.30 to $2,688.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.35% or 0.25 to hit $70.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $74.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.35% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 103.22.