Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction, Travel and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.92% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Elinoil Hellenic Petroleum Company SA (AT:ELIr), which rose 5.91% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Cars Motorcycles and Marine Engine Trade and Import Company SA (AT:MTDr) added 3.36% or 0.09 points to end at 2.77 and Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) was up 2.86% or 0.40 points to 14.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lavipharm SA (AT:LPHr), which fell 1.76% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.78 at the close. Thessaloniki Water and Sewage Co SA (AT:TWSr) declined 1.23% or 0.04 points to end at 3.22 and Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) was down 1.07% or 0.04 points to 3.71.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 88 to 32 and 16 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.83% or 21.86 to $2,639.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.93% or 0.66 to hit $71.65 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.61 to trade at $74.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.30% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 108.22.
