Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which rose 0.82% or 0.0050 points to trade at 0.6170 at the close. National Bank of Greece SA (AT:NBGr) added 5.45% or 0.072 points to end at 1.394 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) was up 4.78% or 0.059 points to 1.294 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr), which added 2.67% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.185 in late trade. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) added 3.42% or 0.002 points to end at 0.072 and Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) shed 1.03% or 0.0006 points to 0.0574.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 68 to 32 and 14 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.27% or 3.20 to $1204.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.04% or 2.42 to hit $57.51 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.91% or 2.74 to trade at $67.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.61% to 1.1287, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8673.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 96.98.