Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Chemicals and Household sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Intralot (AT:INLr), which rose 4.82% or 0.052 points to trade at 1.130 at the close. Meanwhile, Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) added 4.52% or 0.035 points to end at 0.810 and Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr) was up 3.95% or 0.35 points to 9.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which fell 7.87% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.234 at the close. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) declined 5.36% or 0.1800 points to end at 3.1800 and Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) was down 4.07% or 0.050 points to 1.180.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 71 to 42 and 13 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.35% or 18.40 to $1341.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.87% or 0.58 to hit $66.24 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.05% or 0.76 to trade at $71.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.2316, while EUR/GBP fell 0.78% to 0.8655.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 89.55.