Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which rose 0.82% or 0.0050 points to trade at 0.6170 at the close. Meanwhile, National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr) added 5.45% or 0.072 points to end at 1.394 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) was up 4.78% or 0.059 points to 1.294 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr), which rose 2.67% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.185 at the close. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) added 3.42% or 0.002 points to end at 0.072 and Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) was down 1.03% or 0.0006 points to 0.0574.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 68 to 32 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) fell to 3-years lows; down 1.03% or 0.0006 to 0.0574.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.00 to $1204.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.92% or 2.35 to hit $57.58 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.82% or 2.68 to trade at $67.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.61% to 1.1287, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8673.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 96.99.