Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Chemicals and Travel sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which rose 28.18% or 0.093 points to trade at 0.423 at the close. Meanwhile, Centric Hold (AT:DESr) added 8.89% or 0.008 points to end at 0.098 and Intralot (AT:INLr) was up 6.73% or 0.070 points to 1.110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which fell 20.79% or 0.6300 points to trade at 2.4000 at the close. Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) declined 5.55% or 0.037 points to end at 0.630 and Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH) was down 2.40% or 0.030 points to 1.220.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 59 to 33 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.22% or 2.85 to $1314.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $48.15 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $50.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1214, while EUR/GBP rose 0.82% to 0.8731.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.65.