Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Banking and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr), which rose 3.82% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.630 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 3.52% or 0.021 points to end at 0.617 and Iaso (AT:IASr) was up 2.75% or 0.014 points to 0.524 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which fell 9.09% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.110 at the close. Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) declined 5.59% or 0.032 points to end at 0.540 and Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) was down 2.54% or 0.060 points to 2.300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 53 to 46 and 14 ended unchanged.
Shares in Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.82% or 0.060 to 1.630.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.90% or 11.60 to $1282.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $52.25 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.16 to trade at $54.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.0717, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8365.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 99.63.