Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Construction, Travel and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which rose 1.93% or 0.07 points to trade at 3.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) added 1.74% or 0.03 points to end at 1.75 and Piraeus Port (AT:OLPr) was up 1.39% or 0.40 points to 29.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Quality and Reliability SA (AT:QUAr), which fell 3.30% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.06 at the close. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) declined 3.08% or 0.01 points to end at 0.28 and Lavipharm SA (AT:LPHr) was down 2.94% or 0.02 points to 0.73.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 65 to 51 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Piraeus Port (AT:OLPr) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.39% or 0.40 to 29.20.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.60 to $2,749.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.81% or 1.26 to hit $70.75 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.71% or 1.25 to trade at $74.35 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 103.64.
