Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Public Power (AT:DEHr), which rose 5.04% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 4.54% or 0.0230 points to end at 0.5300 and Aegean Airlines (AT:AGNr) was up 4.48% or 0.30 points to 7.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which fell 3.64% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.060 at the close. Karatzi (AT:KRTr) declined 3.23% or 0.200 points to end at 6.000 and J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) was down 3.14% or 0.012 points to 0.370.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 70 to 31 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.14% or 0.012 to 0.370.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.74% or 9.10 to $1231.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $71.56 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.16 to trade at $80.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1589, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.72.