Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 2.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Lykos Inform. (AT:LYKr), which rose 9.47% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.60 at the close. Public Power (AT:DEHr) added 7.52% or 0.36 points to end at 5.15 and Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) was up 7.14% or 0.25 points to 3.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Of Piraeus (AT:BOPr), which lost 12.20% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.036 in late trade. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) declined 11.11% or 0.003 points to end at 0.024 and Autohellas (AT:AUTr) shed 9.13% or 1.05 points to 10.45.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 54 to 41 and 5 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.87% or 9.40 to $1074.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.77% or 0.74 to hit $41.00 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.67% or 0.74 to trade at $43.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.0651, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.6996.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 99.70.