Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 1.06% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr), which rose 9.76% or 0.200 points to trade at 2.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) added 8.76% or 0.3600 points to end at 4.4700 and Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr) was up 8.18% or 0.045 points to 0.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which fell 4.17% or 0.3000 points to trade at 6.9000 at the close. Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) declined 1.90% or 0.008 points to end at 0.412 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was down 1.44% or 0.014 points to 0.960.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 71 to 43 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) rose to all time highs; rising 8.76% or 0.3600 to 4.4700.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.72% or 9.50 to $1313.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.29% or 0.20 to hit $68.30 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.54 to trade at $74.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.2075, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8772.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 91.66.