Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 2.17% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 19.29% or 0.186 points to trade at 1.150 at the close. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) added 18.24% or 0.018 points to end at 0.118 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was up 8.48% or 0.049 points to 0.627 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR), which lost 1.48% or 0.100 points to trade at 6.650 in late trade. Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) declined 1.23% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.8000 and Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) shed 1.04% or 0.007 points to 0.666.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 82 to 27 and 17 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.66% or 8.30 to $1265.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.51% or 0.29 to hit $57.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.47 to trade at $63.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1803, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 93.09.