Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which fell 1.39% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.710 at the close. Meanwhile, Kekrops SA (AT:KEKr) added 2.84% or 0.0400 points to end at 1.4500 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was up 2.02% or 0.018 points to 0.908 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which rose 3.80% or 0.045 points to trade at 1.228 at the close. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 0.82% or 0.0050 points to end at 0.6170 and National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr) was down 5.16% or 0.072 points to 1.322.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 64 to 46 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.16% or 0.072 to 1.322.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.22% or 2.70 to $1203.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.85% or 0.51 to hit $60.70 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.91% or 0.64 to trade at $70.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.79% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8745.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 97.32.