Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 2.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Hygeia (AT:HYGr), which rose 6.34% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.151 at the close. Public Power (AT:DEHr) added 5.84% or 5.84 points to end at 4.71 and Hell.Exchanges (AT:EXCr) was up 5.45% or 5.45 points to 4.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Euro Reliance (AT:EREr), which lost 7.36% or 7.36 points to trade at 1.51 in late trade. Korres (AT:KRRr) declined 4.52% or 4.52 points to end at 3.80 and Athens Water (AT:EYDr) shed 3.15% or 3.15 points to 5.84.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.41% or 4.80 to $1153.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.99% or 0.52 to hit $52.22 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.49% or 0.88 to trade at $58.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.27% to 1.1017, while EUR/GBP fell 1.29% to 0.7096.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.97% at 96.89.