Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Financials and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr), which rose 6.32% or 0.410 points to trade at 6.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Centric Hold (AT:DESr) added 6.25% or 0.009 points to end at 0.153 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was up 5.59% or 0.0450 points to 0.8500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which fell 14.92% or 0.006 points to trade at 0.036 at the close. Hygeia (AT:HYGr) declined 7.27% or 0.044 points to end at 0.561 and Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr) was down 5.00% or 0.030 points to 0.570.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 64 to 44 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.66% or 8.50 to $1305.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.40% or 0.24 to hit $60.08 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.28 to trade at $66.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.2010, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8883.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 91.90.