Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Retail and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 0.22% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were AS Company SA (AT:ASCr), which rose 18.90% or 0.186 points to trade at 1.170 at the close. Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) added 16.27% or 0.027 points to end at 0.193 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr) was up 6.67% or 0.007 points to 0.112 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MLS Multimedia (AT:MLSr), which lost 2.82% or 0.120 points to trade at 4.130 in late trade. Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) declined 2.70% or 0.011 points to end at 0.397 and Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics SA (AT:OPAr) shed 1.81% or 0.165 points to 8.945.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 59 to 38 and 25 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.31% or 3.85 to $1253.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.15% or 0.60 to hit $52.84 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.53 to trade at $55.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.0598, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.8532.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 100.96.