Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr), which rose 5.42% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.179 at the close. Gek Terna (AT:HRMr) added 3.46% or 0.180 points to end at 5.380 and Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) was up 3.45% or 0.070 points to 2.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Loulis Mills (AT:LOUr), which lost 2.75% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.14 in late trade. Iaso (AT:IASr) declined 2.21% or 0.018 points to end at 0.796 and Autohellas (AT:AUTr) shed 1.72% or 0.40 points to 22.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 64 to 31 and 19 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.14% or 1.70 to $1239.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.27% or 2.29 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.66% or 2.76 to trade at $72.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1708, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8848.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.31.