Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Dromeas (AT:DROr), which rose 28.43% or 0.029 points to trade at 0.131 at the close. Meanwhile, Attica Bank (AT:BOAr) added 10.71% or 0.006 points to end at 0.062 and Athens Water (AT:EYDr) was up 9.84% or 0.43 points to 4.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr), which fell 4.55% or 0.30 points to trade at 6.30 at the close. Folli Follie (AT:HDFr) declined 4.41% or 0.89 points to end at 19.30 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was down 3.83% or 0.04 points to 0.88.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 50 to 24 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.55% or 0.30 to 6.30. Shares in Folli Follie (AT:HDFr) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.41% or 0.89 to 19.30.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.30 to $1199.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.94% or 1.18 to hit $59.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.40% or 1.54 to trade at $62.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1327, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.7134.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 94.46.