Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 7.00% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.214 at the close. Meanwhile, ThesKi Port (AT:OLTr) added 6.92% or 1.80 points to end at 27.80 and Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) was up 4.84% or 0.450 points to 9.750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which fell 2.74% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.420 at the close. Jumbo SA (AT:BABr) declined 2.27% or 0.350 points to end at 15.090 and Piraeus Port (AT:OLPr) was down 2.04% or 0.34 points to 16.36.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 79 to 31 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in ThesKi Port (AT:OLTr) rose to 3-years highs; rising 6.92% or 1.80 to 27.80.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.47% or 6.30 to $1333.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.13% or 0.72 to hit $63.23 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.08% or 0.75 to trade at $68.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.2229, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 90.39.