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 added 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA), which rose 9.36% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.80 at the close. Titan Cement International SA (AT:TITCr) added 4.36% or 1.55 points to end at 37.10 and Ideal Group SA (AT:IDEr) was up 3.49% or 0.19 points to 5.64 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cenergy Holdings SA (AT:CENEr), which lost 2.14% or 0.18 points to trade at 8.24 in late trade. Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr) declined 1.92% or 0.02 points to end at 1.02 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) shed 1.76% or 0.03 points to 1.79.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 78 to 45 and 16 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.69% or 18.25 to $2,669.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.83% or 1.26 to hit $70.01 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.74% or 1.27 to trade at $74.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.68.