Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 1.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Public Power (AT:DEHr), which rose 7.46% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.44 at the close. Intracom Holdings SA (AT:INRr) added 6.98% or 0.047 points to end at 0.720 and Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr) was up 5.07% or 1.02 points to 21.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which lost 2.44% or 0.0010 points to trade at 0.0400 in late trade. Autohellas (AT:AUTr) declined 0.87% or 0.20 points to end at 22.80 and European Reliance General Insurance Co SA (AT:EREr) shed 0.87% or 0.030 points to 3.410.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 70 to 28 and 17 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.33% or 4.15 to $1251.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.61% or 0.83 to hit $52.48 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.71% or 1.03 to trade at $61.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1363, while EUR/GBP fell 0.94% to 0.8978.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 96.995.