Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 1.63% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which rose 9.68% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.34 at the close. Halcor (AT:XAKO) added 9.52% or 0.034 points to end at 0.391 and Reds (AT:CAMr) was up 7.36% or 0.024 points to 0.350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which lost 5.39% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.96 in late trade. Iaso (AT:IASr) declined 3.51% or 0.018 points to end at 0.495 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) shed 2.87% or 0.027 points to 0.915.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 59 to 38 and 14 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.36% or 4.55 to $1248.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.66% or 0.32 to hit $48.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.53 to trade at $48.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1206, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.7740.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.34.