Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 1.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr), which rose 8.40% or 0.093 points to trade at 1.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Intracom Holdings SA (AT:INRr) added 6.81% or 0.043 points to end at 0.674 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) was up 6.56% or 0.051 points to 0.829 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which fell 7.66% or 0.0032 points to trade at 0.0392 at the close. Intralot (AT:INLr) declined 4.00% or 0.020 points to end at 0.480 and J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) was down 4.00% or 0.015 points to 0.360.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 71 to 32 and 10 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.80 to $1290.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.99% or 1.49 to hit $51.27 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.45% or 1.44 to trade at $60.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.1519, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.9039.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 94.972.