Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Banking and Household sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 1.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr), which rose 7.14% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) added 6.30% or 0.0080 points to end at 0.1350 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) was up 5.81% or 0.005 points to 0.091 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which fell 6.04% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.140 at the close. Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) declined 3.70% or 0.010 points to end at 0.260 and Autohellas (AT:AUTr) was down 2.85% or 0.67 points to 22.89.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 71 to 33 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.58% or 7.35 to $1282.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.62% or 0.35 to hit $56.77 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.18 to trade at $62.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1732, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8867.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.92.