Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Travel and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 0.07% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos SA (AT:ANEMr), which rose 5.24% or 0.047 points to trade at 0.944 at the close. Meanwhile, Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr) added 4.68% or 0.36 points to end at 8.05 and Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) was up 3.76% or 0.0300 points to 0.8270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which fell 7.89% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.105 at the close. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) declined 7.46% or 0.010 points to end at 0.124 and Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) was down 6.93% or 0.044 points to 0.591.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 53 to 44 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos SA (AT:ANEMr) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.24% or 0.047 to 0.944. Shares in Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.68% or 0.36 to 8.05.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.26% or 3.05 to $1165.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.67% or 0.35 to hit $52.68 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.38 to trade at $55.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.0478, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8519.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.61% at 102.61.