Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Financials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Halcor (AT:XAKO), which rose 9.97% or 0.034 points to trade at 0.375 at the close. Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) added 9.96% or 0.2500 points to end at 2.7600 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr) was up 6.38% or 0.006 points to 0.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which lost 9.43% or 0.0150 points to trade at 0.1440 in late trade. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) declined 6.88% or 0.0650 points to end at 0.8800 and Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) shed 6.78% or 0.008 points to 0.110.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 63 to 26 and 17 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.25 to $1320.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.77% or 0.36 to hit $47.41 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.27 to trade at $49.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1229, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8659.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 95.45.