Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Utilities and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which rose 7.92% or 0.008 points to trade at 0.109 at the close. Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) added 7.30% or 0.050 points to end at 0.735 and Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) was up 7.02% or 0.008 points to 0.122 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which lost 9.40% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.135 in late trade. Korres (AT:KRRr) declined 5.06% or 0.160 points to end at 3.000 and Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) shed 3.19% or 0.060 points to 1.820.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 50 to 44 and 12 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.25 to $1343.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.28% or 0.13 to hit $46.19 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.04 to trade at $47.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1223, while EUR/GBP rose 0.94% to 0.8655.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 95.41.