Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Household, Retail and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr), which rose 4.68% or 0.360 points to trade at 8.060 at the close. Meanwhile, Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) added 4.42% or 0.050 points to end at 1.180 and Jumbo SA (AT:BABr) was up 3.80% or 0.480 points to 13.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which fell 9.84% or 0.018 points to trade at 0.165 at the close. Korres (AT:KRRr) declined 5.29% or 0.190 points to end at 3.400 and Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) was down 3.85% or 0.006 points to 0.150.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 53 to 34 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.68% or 0.360 to 8.060. Shares in Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.42% or 0.050 to 1.180.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.04% or 0.45 to $1219.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.84% or 0.45 to hit $53.99 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.53 to trade at $57.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.0781, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8626.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 99.66.