Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.92% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Public Power (AT:DEHr), which rose 12.63% or 0.37 points to trade at 3.30 at the close. Hygeia (AT:HYGr) added 9.02% or 0.060 points to end at 0.725 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was up 4.83% or 0.065 points to 1.410 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MLS Multimedia (AT:MLSr), which lost 3.11% or 0.140 points to trade at 4.360 in late trade. Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) declined 2.44% or 0.1500 points to end at 6.0000 and Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr) shed 2.26% or 0.015 points to 0.650.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 80 to 45 and 8 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.15% or 15.50 to $1336.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.39% or 0.92 to hit $65.22 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 1.02 to trade at $69.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.65% to 1.2346, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8795.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 89.38.