Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Industrials and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr), which rose 3.79% or 0.080 points to trade at 2.190 at the close. Meanwhile, National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) added 2.82% or 0.010 points to end at 0.365 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was up 2.65% or 0.024 points to 0.929 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which fell 3.42% or 0.0080 points to trade at 0.2250 at the close. Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) declined 2.99% or 0.1400 points to end at 4.5500 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) was down 2.14% or 0.030 points to 1.370.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 52 to 46 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 4.20 to $1292.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.16% or 0.55 to hit $48.08 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.54 to trade at $52.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.1766, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.9164.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.36.