Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Banking and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr), which rose 3.51% or 1.0450 points to trade at 30.7750 at the close. Meanwhile, Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) added 3.08% or 0.058 points to end at 1.940 and Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr) was up 2.94% or 0.005 points to 0.175 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kekrops SA (AT:KEKr), which fell 5.51% or 0.0700 points to trade at 1.2000 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 3.32% or 0.0035 points to end at 0.1020 and Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA) was down 2.80% or 0.040 points to 1.390.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 52 to 48 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr) rose to all time highs; rising 3.51% or 1.0450 to 30.7750.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.24% or 3.00 to $1247.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.25% or 0.88 to hit $69.50 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.21 to trade at $73.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1682, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8833.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.49.