Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which rose 5.33% or 0.080 points to trade at 1.580 at the close. Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) added 4.18% or 0.073 points to end at 1.818 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr) was up 3.33% or 0.005 points to 0.155 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr), which lost 8.11% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.154 in late trade. Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) declined 4.44% or 0.001 points to end at 0.030 and AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) shed 3.74% or 0.080 points to 2.060.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 62 to 45 and 18 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.80 to $1339.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.58% or 0.37 to hit $63.14 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.47 to trade at $67.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.2293, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8734.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.73.