Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.95% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr), which rose 8.62% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.126 at the close. Meanwhile, Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) added 3.99% or 0.028 points to end at 0.730 and Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH) was up 3.66% or 0.115 points to 3.260 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Euro Reliance (AT:EREr), which fell 4.05% or 0.150 points to trade at 3.550 at the close. Iaso (AT:IASr) declined 2.54% or 0.030 points to end at 1.150 and Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) was down 2.28% or 0.001 points to 0.026.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 73 to 45 and 12 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.32% or 4.00 to $1268.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.49% or 0.28 to hit $57.84 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.45 to trade at $64.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.1882, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 92.87.