Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 1.75% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Euro Reliance (AT:EREr), which rose 10.43% or 0.290 points to trade at 3.070 at the close. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) added 9.31% or 0.019 points to end at 0.220 and Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) was up 8.24% or 0.0140 points to 0.1870 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Folli Follie (AT:HDFr), which lost 5.12% or 1.10 points to trade at 20.40 in late trade. Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) declined 4.23% or 0.008 points to end at 0.181 and Halcor (AT:XAKO) shed 3.19% or 0.020 points to 0.607.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 81 to 24 and 12 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.72% or 8.79 to $1218.31 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.95% or 0.44 to hit $45.99 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.07% or 0.53 to trade at $48.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.0889, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8417.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 99.38.