Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Household, Retail and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr), which rose 9.74% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.169 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) added 8.00% or 0.0120 points to end at 0.1620 and FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) was up 6.01% or 0.170 points to 3.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which lost 6.60% or 0.007 points to trade at 0.099 in late trade. Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr) declined 2.45% or 0.5000 points to end at 19.8700 and Aegean Airlines (AT:AGNr) shed 1.68% or 0.10 points to 5.87.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 48 to 43 and 18 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.05 to $1274.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.14% or 1.53 to hit $47.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.49% or 1.77 to trade at $48.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.0964, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8980.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 98.46.