Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Basic Resources and Travel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.65% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which rose 6.67% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) added 4.80% or 0.060 points to end at 1.310 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was up 3.16% or 0.0300 points to 0.9800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which lost 3.68% or 0.2500 points to trade at 6.5500 in late trade. Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) declined 3.47% or 0.500 points to end at 14.100 and Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) shed 3.17% or 0.0060 points to 0.1830.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 60 to 56 and 19 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.37% or 5.00 to $1354.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.39% or 1.59 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 1.48 to trade at $73.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.2379, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 89.28.