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 rose 1.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which rose 5.54% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.33 at the close. Cars Motorcycles and Marine Engine Trade and Import Company SA (AT:MTDr) added 5.37% or 0.14 points to end at 2.65 and Aegean Airlines (AT:AGNr) was up 5.32% or 0.55 points to 10.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr), which lost 1.08% or 0.34 points to trade at 31.20 in late trade. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (AT:OTEr) declined 0.68% or 0.10 points to end at 14.70 and Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (AT:OLTr) shed 0.48% or 0.10 points to 20.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 21 and 15 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 6.70 to $2,438.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.76% or 2.02 to hit $75.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.50% or 1.91 to trade at $78.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 102.94.