Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr), which rose 6.35% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.419 at the close. Meanwhile, Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) added 6.05% or 0.075 points to end at 1.315 and Gek Terna (AT:HRMr) was up 3.14% or 0.160 points to 5.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autohellas (AT:AUTr), which fell 4.92% or 1.20 points to trade at 23.40 at the close. Centric Hold (AT:DESr) declined 4.29% or 0.007 points to end at 0.156 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) was down 3.99% or 0.065 points to 1.565.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 58 to 57 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) rose to 5-year highs; rising 6.05% or 0.075 to 1.315.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.41% or 5.50 to $1355.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.05% or 0.69 to hit $65.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.56 to trade at $69.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.2446, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8748.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 88.66.