Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Household, Travel and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.81% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which rose 18.00% or 0.004 points to trade at 0.029 at the close. Meanwhile, Select Textile (AT:EPIr) added 5.49% or 0.010 points to end at 0.192 and Intralot (AT:INLr) was up 4.89% or 0.054 points to 1.158 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which fell 4.76% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Iaso (AT:IASr) declined 3.07% or 0.035 points to end at 1.105 and Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) was down 2.52% or 0.040 points to 1.550.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 86 to 29 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.60% or 7.60 to $1278.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.46% or 0.27 to hit $58.09 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.15 to trade at $64.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.1833, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.04.