Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Travel, Telecoms and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which rose 9.79% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.1570 at the close. Meanwhile, Intralot (AT:INLr) added 3.92% or 0.040 points to end at 1.060 and FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) was up 2.93% or 0.090 points to 3.170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Athens Water (AT:EYDr), which fell 5.19% or 0.30 points to trade at 5.48 at the close. Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) declined 4.81% or 0.100 points to end at 1.980 and AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) was down 3.24% or 0.023 points to 0.687.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 50 to 43 and 17 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.08% or 0.95 to $1139.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.41% or 0.22 to hit $54.12 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.22 to trade at $57.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.0391, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8495.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 103.42.