Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Basic Resources and Industrials 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 Profile Syst (AT:PRFr), which rose 8.13% or 0.039 points to trade at 0.519 at the close. Meanwhile, National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) added 4.55% or 0.01 points to end at 0.23 and ThesKi Port (AT:OLTr) was up 3.09% or 0.57 points to 19.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which fell 7.65% or 0.029 points to trade at 0.350 at the close. Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) declined 3.36% or 0.1200 points to end at 3.4500 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) was down 2.73% or 0.030 points to 1.070.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 47 to 41 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) rose to 52-week highs; rising 8.13% or 0.039 to 0.519.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.82% or 10.05 to $1243.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.38% or 0.20 to hit $52.91 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.37 to trade at $55.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.0676, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8543.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 100.44.