Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Household, Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 1.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 14.58% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.275 at the close. Meanwhile, Jumbo SA (AT:BABr) added 8.01% or 1.105 points to end at 14.905 and Autohellas (AT:AUTr) was up 4.76% or 1.00 points to 22.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intralot (AT:INLr), which fell 0.81% or 0.010 points to trade at 1.230 at the close. Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) declined 0.54% or 0.010 points to end at 1.860 and Hellenic Telec (AT:OTEr) was down 0.28% or 0.03 points to 10.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 88 to 18 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) fell to 3-years highs; losing 0.54% or 0.010 to 1.860. Shares in Autohellas (AT:AUTr) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.76% or 1.00 to 22.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.00% or 0.06 to $1279.64 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.53% or 0.25 to hit $47.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $50.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1706, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.9099.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.88.