Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Healthcare and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 2.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH), which rose 13.45% or 0.160 points to trade at 1.350 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 8.72% or 0.067 points to end at 0.835 and Halcor (AT:XAKO) was up 8.53% or 0.022 points to 0.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Euroconsultants SA (AT:ERCr), which fell 3.18% or 0.0500 points to trade at 1.5200 at the close. Titan Cement Company SA (AT:TTNr) declined 2.34% or 0.480 points to end at 20.010 and Jumbo SA (AT:BABr) was down 1.75% or 0.200 points to 11.250.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 69 to 23 and 14 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.16% or 2.05 to $1276.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.26% or 0.99 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 0.83 to trade at $45.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.79% to 1.1395, while EUR/GBP fell 0.74% to 0.7865.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 93.80.