Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 2.17% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 19.29% or 0.186 points to trade at 1.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) added 18.24% or 0.018 points to end at 0.118 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was up 8.48% or 0.049 points to 0.627 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR), which fell 1.48% or 0.100 points to trade at 6.650 at the close. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) declined 1.23% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.8000 and Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) was down 1.04% or 0.007 points to 0.666.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 82 to 27 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iaso (AT:IASr) rose to 3-years highs; rising 19.29% or 0.186 to 1.150. Shares in Hygeia (AT:HYGr) rose to 3-years highs; up 8.48% or 0.049 to 0.627.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.66% or 8.30 to $1265.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.51% or 0.29 to hit $57.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.47 to trade at $63.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1802, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 93.09.