Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Construction and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 2.15% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which rose 10.68% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.518 at the close. Meanwhile, Gek Terna (AT:HRMr) added 6.83% or 0.140 points to end at 2.190 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was up 5.26% or 0.01 points to 0.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which fell 6.29% or 0.009 points to trade at 0.134 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 4.11% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.1400 and Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR) was down 4.08% or 0.200 points to 4.700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 83 to 21 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.68% or 0.050 to 0.518. Shares in Gek Terna (AT:HRMr) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.83% or 0.140 to 2.190.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.25 to $1254.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.56% or 0.28 to hit $50.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.34 to trade at $51.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.1002, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.9031.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 97.94.