Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Food and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr), which rose 8.65% or 0.540 points to trade at 6.780 at the close. Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) added 7.57% or 0.014 points to end at 0.199 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) was up 7.14% or 0.010 points to 0.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which lost 4.58% or 0.016 points to trade at 0.333 in late trade. Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) declined 4.17% or 0.100 points to end at 2.300 and Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) shed 3.85% or 0.024 points to 0.600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 70 to 37 and 13 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.00% or 0.05 to $1158.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.33% or 0.18 to hit $53.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.25 to trade at $56.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.66% to 1.0557, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8558.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 102.14.