Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Travel sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Halcor (AT:XAKO), which rose 5.26% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Centric Hold (AT:DESr) added 4.67% or 0.007 points to end at 0.157 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) was up 3.12% or 0.040 points to 1.320 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which fell 8.98% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.153 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 4.20% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.1370 and Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) was down 2.21% or 0.015 points to 0.664.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 58 to 44 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.42 to $1279.32 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.43% or 1.38 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.52% or 1.59 to trade at $61.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.1757, while EUR/GBP rose 0.71% to 0.8959.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 93.98.