Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 1.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which rose 11.37% or 0.0580 points to trade at 0.5680 at the close. Meanwhile, Hellenic Petroleum SA (AT:HEPr) added 4.90% or 0.350 points to end at 7.500 and Public Power (AT:DEHr) was up 4.69% or 0.06 points to 1.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kekrops SA (AT:KEKr), which fell 9.09% or 0.1400 points to trade at 1.4000 at the close. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) declined 7.11% or 0.3600 points to end at 4.7000 and Reds (AT:CAMr) was down 6.21% or 0.050 points to 0.755.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 51 to 18 and 5 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1229.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.20% or 0.76 to hit $62.34 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.27% or 0.93 to trade at $72.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1415, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8726.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 96.11.