Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.77% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which rose 8.53% or 0.13 points to trade at 1.65 at the close. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) added 7.76% or 0.03 points to end at 0.36 and Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA) was up 6.25% or 0.12 points to 2.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR), which lost 2.78% or 0.40 points to trade at 14.00 in late trade. Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (AT:OLTr) declined 2.23% or 0.50 points to end at 21.90 and Optima bank SA (AT:OPTIMAr) shed 1.39% or 0.18 points to 12.76.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 86 to 38 and 15 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.05% or 27.71 to $2,668.71 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.61% or 1.87 to hit $73.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.37% or 1.77 to trade at $76.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.45% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 108.93.