Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 4.68% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr), which rose 14.84% or 0.152 points to trade at 1.176 at the close. Meanwhile, Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) added 13.58% or 0.164 points to end at 1.372 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) was up 10.86% or 0.095 points to 0.970 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iaso (AT:IASr), which fell 1.29% or 0.015 points to trade at 1.145 at the close. Athens Water (AT:EYDr) declined 0.19% or 0.01 points to end at 5.19 and Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr) was 0.12% or 0.000 points to 0.165.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 99 to 22 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.10% or 13.50 to $1239.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.75% or 1.40 to hit $52.33 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.49% or 1.48 to trade at $60.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1359, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8914.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 96.830.