Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 1.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were ThesKi Port (AT:OLTr), which rose 6.38% or 1.40 points to trade at 23.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) added 6.27% or 0.210 points to end at 3.560 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was up 4.87% or 0.015 points to 0.323 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autohellas (AT:AUTr), which fell 2.22% or 0.52 points to trade at 22.95 at the close. Mytilineos Holdings SA (AT:MYTr) declined 1.79% or 0.150 points to end at 8.210 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was down 1.41% or 0.010 points to 0.700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 67 to 35 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 5.14 to $1299.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.30% or 0.15 to hit $50.70 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.38 to trade at $56.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1966, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.8857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 91.84.