Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 1.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Intralot (AT:INLr), which rose 13.17% or 0.108 points to trade at 0.928 at the close. Meanwhile, Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) added 6.64% or 0.018 points to end at 0.289 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was up 6.29% or 0.0500 points to 0.8450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which fell 5.56% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.510 at the close. European Reliance General Insurance Co SA (AT:EREr) declined 3.68% or 0.140 points to end at 3.660 and Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos SA (AT:ANEMr) was down 2.41% or 0.045 points to 1.820.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 71 to 38 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.16% or 2.10 to $1301.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.07% or 1.38 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.28% or 1.72 to trade at $77.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.1619, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 94.30.