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 rose 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Intralot (AT:INLr), which rose 7.95% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.475 at the close. Meanwhile, Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) added 5.93% or 0.070 points to end at 1.250 and Reds (AT:CAMr) was up 5.56% or 0.045 points to 0.855 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr), which fell 4.15% or 0.007 points to trade at 0.162 at the close. Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) declined 2.73% or 0.300 points to end at 10.700 and Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr) was down 1.55% or 0.33 points to 21.02.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 75 to 31 and 9 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.30% or 3.90 to $1289.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.44% or 1.65 to hit $49.61 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.68% or 1.53 to trade at $58.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.1470, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8985.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 95.278.