Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Retail, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.57% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Intracom Hold (AT:INRr), which rose 3.65% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.709 at the close. Meanwhile, Folli Follie (AT:HDFr) added 3.50% or 0.64 points to end at 18.92 and Hellenic Exchanges Athens Stock Exchange SA (AT:EXCr) was up 3.01% or 0.15 points to 5.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which fell 6.96% or 0.4000 points to trade at 5.3500 at the close. Hygeia (AT:HYGr) declined 4.39% or 0.029 points to end at 0.631 and Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) was down 2.72% or 0.001 points to 0.025.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 61 to 47 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) rose to 3-years highs; rising 3.65% or 0.025 to 0.709. Shares in Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) fell to all time lows; losing 2.72% or 0.001 to 0.025.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1269.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $58.11 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $64.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1868, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 92.93.