Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which fell 1.39% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.710 at the close. Kekrops SA (AT:KEKr) added 2.84% or 0.0400 points to end at 1.4500 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was up 2.02% or 0.018 points to 0.908 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which added 3.80% or 0.045 points to trade at 1.228 in late trade. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 0.82% or 0.0050 points to end at 0.6170 and National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr) shed 5.16% or 0.072 points to 1.322.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 64 to 46 and 15 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.22% or 2.60 to $1203.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.90% or 0.54 to hit $60.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.69 to trade at $70.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.79% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8742.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 97.31.