Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Retail, Banking and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 2.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Gek Terna (AT:HRMr), which rose 7.16% or 0.350 points to trade at 5.240 at the close. Meanwhile, Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) added 7.12% or 0.186 points to end at 2.800 and AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) was up 6.80% or 0.140 points to 2.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Profile Syst (AT:PRFr), which fell 1.59% or 0.020 points to trade at 1.240 at the close. Korres (AT:KRRr) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 5.080 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr) was 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.155.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 95 to 18 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Korres (AT:KRRr) unchanged to 5-year highs; unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 to 5.080.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.87% or 11.70 to $1328.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.35% or 0.22 to hit $63.59 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.37 to trade at $68.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.2229, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 90.22.