Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Banking and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 1.63% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr), which rose 9.68% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Halcor (AT:XAKO) added 9.52% or 0.034 points to end at 0.391 and Reds (AT:CAMr) was up 7.36% or 0.024 points to 0.350 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which fell 5.39% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.96 at the close. Iaso (AT:IASr) declined 3.51% or 0.018 points to end at 0.495 and Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) was down 2.87% or 0.027 points to 0.915.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 59 to 38 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.36% or 4.55 to $1248.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.68% or 0.33 to hit $48.08 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.55 to trade at $48.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1206, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.7739.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.34.