Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 8.53% or 0.074 points to trade at 0.942 at the close. Meanwhile, Elvalhalcor Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry SA (AT:ELHA) added 4.95% or 0.055 points to end at 1.165 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) was up 3.96% or 0.075 points to 1.970 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intralot (AT:INLr), which fell 5.82% or 0.032 points to trade at 0.518 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 4.68% or 0.0022 points to end at 0.0448 and Loulis Mills (AT:LOUr) was down 3.88% or 0.08 points to 1.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 56 to 48 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Intralot (AT:INLr) fell to all time lows; losing 5.82% or 0.032 to 0.518. Shares in Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) fell to all time lows; down 4.68% or 0.0022 to 0.0448.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.51% or 6.20 to $1227.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.83% or 0.98 to hit $54.41 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.52 to trade at $63.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1397, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 96.555.