Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr), which rose 5.47% or 0.007 points to trade at 0.135 at the close. Meanwhile, Mytilineos Holdings SA (AT:MYTr) added 3.61% or 0.300 points to end at 8.620 and Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr) was up 2.37% or 0.21 points to 9.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which fell 3.01% or 0.0400 points to trade at 1.2900 at the close. Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) declined 2.58% or 0.017 points to end at 0.643 and Athens Water (AT:EYDr) was down 2.24% or 0.14 points to 6.11.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 55 to 44 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.25% or 15.79 to $1278.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $49.30 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.23 to trade at $52.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1732, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.9032.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.56.