Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Household, Retail and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which rose 8.11% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Jumbo (AT:BABr) added 7.14% or 0.600 points to end at 9.000 and Public Power (AT:DEHr) was up 6.04% or 0.29 points to 5.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Iaso (AT:IASr), which lost 6.02% or 0.042 points to trade at 0.656 in late trade. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) declined 5.98% or 0.007 points to end at 0.110 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) shed 4.44% or 0.004 points to 0.086.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 37 to 35 and 3 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.10 to $1197.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.77% or 1.00 to hit $55.39 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.81% or 0.52 to trade at $62.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.0732, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.7190.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 98.06.