Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Utilities and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 3.13% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which rose 13.60% or 0.119 points to trade at 0.994 at the close. Meanwhile, Piraeus Port (AT:OLPr) added 7.18% or 0.91 points to end at 13.58 and Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH) was up 5.97% or 0.080 points to 1.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ThesKi Water (AT:TWSr), which fell 4.19% or 0.15 points to trade at 3.43 at the close. Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) declined 3.47% or 0.027 points to end at 0.750 and Euroconsultants SA (AT:ERCr) was down 3.45% or 0.0500 points to 1.4000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 80 to 18 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.35% or 4.40 to $1262.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.89% or 0.82 to hit $44.26 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.16% or 1.38 to trade at $45.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1392, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.7880.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 94.12.