Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr), which rose 6.90% or 0.60 points to trade at 9.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 6.51% or 0.0550 points to end at 0.9000 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) was up 6.20% or 0.148 points to 2.534 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gek Terna (AT:HRMr), which fell 4.00% or 0.220 points to trade at 5.280 at the close. Holding Company ADMIE IPTO SA (AT:ADMr) declined 3.60% or 0.06 points to end at 1.66 and Athens Water (AT:EYDr) was down 2.76% or 0.16 points to 5.63.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 61 to 46 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Holding Company ADMIE IPTO SA (AT:ADMr) fell to all time lows; down 3.60% or 0.06 to 1.66.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.14% or 1.80 to $1303.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.88% or 0.60 to hit $67.61 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.72 to trade at $78.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8775.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 94.11.