Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Utilities and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 2.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Bank Of Piraeus (AT:BOPr), which rose 22.86% or 0.048 points to trade at 0.258 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 21.59% or 0.019 points to end at 0.107 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) was up 12.61% or 0.014 points to 0.125 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Opap (AT:OPAr), which fell 5.20% or 0.410 points to trade at 7.470 at the close. Lamda Develop (AT:LMDr) declined 3.72% or 0.11 points to end at 2.85 and Jumbo (AT:BABr) was down 3.68% or 0.300 points to 7.860.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 52 to 24 and 3 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.32% or 15.90 to $1187.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $56.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.67 to trade at $62.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.0720, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.7131.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 98.29.