Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel, Retail and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Hygeia (AT:HYGr), which rose 5.71% or 0.008 points to trade at 0.148 at the close. Meanwhile, Autohellas (AT:AUTr) added 5.36% or 0.60 points to end at 11.80 and Reds (AT:CAMr) was up 3.27% or 0.013 points to 0.410 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which fell 15.62% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.108 at the close. Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) declined 4.56% or 0.043 points to end at 0.900 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was down 3.66% or 0.020 points to 0.526.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 48 to 37 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1327.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.02% or 0.44 to hit $42.69 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $44.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.0989, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8367.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 97.17.