Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Banking and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 2.99% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which rose 13.28% or 0.098 points to trade at 0.836 at the close. Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) added 10.77% or 0.021 points to end at 0.216 and Select Textile (AT:EPIr) was up 7.33% or 0.014 points to 0.204 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics SA (AT:OPAr), which lost 3.02% or 0.275 points to trade at 8.825 in late trade. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) declined 1.92% or 0.0180 points to end at 0.9200 and Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) shed 1.89% or 0.030 points to 1.560.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 84 to 20 and 15 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.03% or 0.34 to $1255.84 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.39% or 0.19 to hit $48.65 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.12 to trade at $51.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0905, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8437.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 99.00.