Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Korres (AT:KRRr), which rose 8.75% or 0.350 points to trade at 4.350 at the close. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) added 8.38% or 0.014 points to end at 0.181 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was up 7.12% or 0.023 points to 0.346 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which lost 7.80% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.130 in late trade. Folli Follie (AT:HDFr) declined 5.10% or 0.80 points to end at 14.90 and Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) shed 4.17% or 0.002 points to 0.046.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 53 to 36 and 18 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.08% or 0.99 to $1291.21 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.45% or 0.26 to hit $58.28 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $63.29 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1845, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 93.09.