Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Household sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which rose 4.07% or 0.0250 points to trade at 0.6400 at the close. Meanwhile, Reds (AT:CAMr) added 4.05% or 0.035 points to end at 0.900 and Alpha Bank SA (AT:ACBr) was up 3.93% or 0.048 points to 1.268 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr), which fell 3.51% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.650 at the close. Kekrops SA (AT:KEKr) declined 3.45% or 0.0500 points to end at 1.4000 and ThesKi Water (AT:TWSr) was down 2.96% or 0.130 points to 4.260.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 59 to 47 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.08% or 13.00 to $1186.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.49% or 0.35 to hit $71.92 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.26 to trade at $81.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.1668, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8907.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 94.46.