Greece shares higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.37%

Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction, Banking and Travel sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.37%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which rose 2.83% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.29 at the close. Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) added 2.53% or 0.06 points to end at 2.43 and Intralot (AT:INLr) was up 2.46% or 0.03 points to 1.08 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Domiki Kritis SA (AT:DKRr), which lost 4.38% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.73 in late trade. Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (AT:OLTr) declined 1.86% or 0.40 points to end at 21.10 and Jumbo SA (AT:BABr) shed 1.77% or 0.46 points to 25.48.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 71 to 55 and 20 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.17% or 30.75 to $2,670.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.17% or 0.13 to hit $75.72 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.18 to trade at $79.22 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 102.67.