Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which rose 3.92% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.49 at the close. Hellenic Exchanges Athens Stock Exchange SA (AT:EXCr) added 3.82% or 0.18 points to end at 4.89 and Titan Cement International SA (AT:TITCr) was up 3.81% or 1.10 points to 29.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr), which lost 2.96% or 0.12 points to trade at 3.78 in late trade. Terna Energy SA (AT:TENr) declined 1.79% or 0.35 points to end at 19.25 and Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) shed 1.75% or 0.07 points to 3.94.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 69 to 47 and 25 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.63% or 15.05 to $2,382.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.49% or 0.41 to hit $82.75 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.28 to trade at $86.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 104.57.