Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Basic Resources and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which rose 9.26% or 0.250 points to trade at 2.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) added 5.31% or 0.0120 points to end at 0.2380 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was up 4.65% or 0.014 points to 0.315 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which fell 4.29% or 0.003 points to trade at 0.067 at the close. AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) declined 2.16% or 0.030 points to end at 1.360 and Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) was down 1.76% or 0.060 points to 3.490.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 67 to 38 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.58% or 20.78 to $1295.62 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $50.63 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.09 to trade at $56.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1925, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.06.