Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 1.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which rose 11.37% or 0.0580 points to trade at 0.5680 at the close. Hellenic Petroleum SA (AT:HEPr) added 4.90% or 0.350 points to end at 7.500 and Public Power (AT:DEHr) was up 4.69% or 0.06 points to 1.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kekrops SA (AT:KEKr), which lost 9.09% or 0.1400 points to trade at 1.4000 in late trade. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) declined 7.11% or 0.3600 points to end at 4.7000 and Reds (AT:CAMr) shed 6.21% or 0.050 points to 0.755.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 51 to 18 and 5 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1229.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.08% or 0.68 to hit $62.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.18% or 0.86 to trade at $72.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1415, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8726.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.10.