Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Technology and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Intralot (AT:INLr), which rose 4.75% or 0.041 points to trade at 0.904 at the close. Meanwhile, Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) added 4.17% or 0.025 points to end at 0.625 and Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr) was up 3.62% or 1.0550 points to 30.1950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr), which fell 8.95% or 0.017 points to trade at 0.173 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 8.47% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.1080 and Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) was down 5.07% or 0.700 points to 13.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 63 to 43 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.40% or 5.00 to $1254.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.27% or 0.20 to hit $74.05 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.62 to trade at $78.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1726, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8834.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.97.