Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Ekter (AT:EKTr), which rose 8.65% or 0.34 points to trade at 4.27 at the close. National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr) added 2.97% or 0.24 points to end at 8.26 and Autohellas (AT:AUTr) was up 2.27% or 0.26 points to 11.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR), which lost 3.82% or 0.60 points to trade at 15.10 in late trade. Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) declined 2.31% or 0.06 points to end at 2.54 and Thessaloniki Water and Sewage Co SA (AT:TWSr) shed 1.90% or 0.06 points to 3.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 69 to 52 and 17 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.53% or 60.50 to $2,330.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.41% or 0.31 to hit $75.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.15 to trade at $80.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.70% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.74% at 104.83.