Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr), which rose 5.77% or 0.108 points to trade at 1.980 at the close. Meanwhile, Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr) added 5.28% or 0.013 points to end at 0.259 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) was up 4.42% or 0.081 points to 1.914 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which fell 6.04% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.400 at the close. ThesKi Port (AT:OLTr) declined 4.91% or 1.30 points to end at 25.20 and J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) was down 4.10% or 0.025 points to 0.585.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 58 to 50 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.23% or 2.90 to $1281.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.32% or 0.21 to hit $65.06 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.54% or 1.13 to trade at $74.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1610, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8769.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.47.