Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Retail and Household sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which rose 10.78% or 0.0110 points to trade at 0.1130 at the close. Meanwhile, Hellenic Telec (AT:OTEr) added 4.05% or 0.42 points to end at 10.79 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) was up 4.03% or 0.004 points to 0.108 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr), which fell 2.97% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.170 at the close. ThesKi Water (AT:TWSr) declined 1.50% or 0.070 points to end at 4.630 and Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) was down 1.46% or 0.030 points to 2.030.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 64 to 26 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.30% or 3.80 to $1242.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.44% or 0.31 to hit $70.64 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.67 to trade at $75.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1671, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8831.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.56.