Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.85% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which rose 15.08% or 0.098 points to trade at 0.748 at the close. Meanwhile, Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) added 7.77% or 0.008 points to end at 0.111 and Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH) was up 7.24% or 0.195 points to 2.890 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which fell 19.05% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.299 at the close. Ekter (AT:EKTr) declined 3.70% or 0.050 points to end at 1.300 and Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr) was down 1.79% or 0.40 points to 21.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 69 to 49 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) fell to 52-week lows; falling 19.05% or 0.070 to 0.299.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.14% or 1.85 to $1317.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.06% or 0.58 to hit $53.98 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.25 to trade at $62.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP rose 0.58% to 0.8821.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 95.855.