Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Titan Cement International SA (AT:TITCr), which rose 4.41% or 1.50 points to trade at 35.55 at the close. Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr) added 4.40% or 0.04 points to end at 1.04 and Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) was up 3.77% or 0.13 points to 3.58 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR), which lost 4.14% or 0.60 points to trade at 13.90 in late trade. Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) declined 3.19% or 0.06 points to end at 1.82 and Dimand Societe Anonyme for Real Estate Constructions (AT:DIMANDr) shed 1.65% or 0.14 points to 8.36.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 94 to 25 and 14 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.67% or 17.70 to $2,648.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $69.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.10 to trade at $73.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.48% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 106.77.