Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr), which rose 5.79% or 0.023 points to trade at 0.420 at the close. Meanwhile, Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr) added 3.45% or 0.130 points to end at 3.900 and Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) was up 3.40% or 0.050 points to 1.520 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gek Terna (AT:HRMr), which fell 3.53% or 0.190 points to trade at 5.200 at the close. Centric Hold (AT:DESr) declined 3.23% or 0.005 points to end at 0.150 and Folli Follie (AT:HDFr) was down 2.35% or 0.40 points to 16.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 61 to 52 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.47% or 6.30 to $1348.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.39% or 0.26 to hit $67.33 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.48 to trade at $72.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.2324, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8648.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 89.53.