Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Construction, Travel and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH), which rose 3.49% or 0.20 points to trade at 5.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Intralot (AT:INLr) added 3.27% or 0.04 points to end at 1.20 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) was up 3.21% or 0.05 points to 1.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gr Sarantis SA (AT:SRSr), which fell 2.68% or 0.30 points to trade at 10.90 at the close. Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr) declined 1.30% or 0.02 points to end at 1.21 and Biokarpet Industrial and Commercial Enterprises SA (AT:ALBr) was down 1.21% or 0.03 points to 2.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 89 to 33 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.74% or 40.60 to $2,374.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.30% or 0.25 to hit $82.56 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.24 to trade at $86.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 104.82.