Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Construction, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr), which rose 9.80% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.112 at the close. Meanwhile, Gek Terna (AT:HRMr) added 5.21% or 0.100 points to end at 2.020 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was up 4.48% or 0.018 points to 0.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which fell 8.20% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.112 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 7.14% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.1300 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr) was down 4.85% or 0.005 points to 0.098.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 52 to 39 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.35 to $1341.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.61% or 1.09 to hit $42.89 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.26% or 1.00 to trade at $45.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1079, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8498.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.37.