Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 4.37% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Ellaktor (AT:HELr), which rose 18.06% or 0.280 points to trade at 1.830 at the close. Meanwhile, Gek Terna (AT:HRMr) added 12.33% or 0.18 points to end at 1.64 and Alpha Bank (AT:ACBr) was up 11.15% or 0.030 points to 0.299 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dromeas (AT:DROr), which fell 25.37% or 0.034 points to trade at 0.100 at the close. Centric Hold (AT:DESr) declined 9.09% or 0.021 points to end at 0.210 and Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr) was down 7.22% or 0.007 points to 0.090.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 64 to 18 and 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dromeas (AT:DROr) fell to all time lows; falling 25.37% or 0.034 to 0.100.
Gold for June delivery was up 2.23% or 26.20 to $1201.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.17% or 0.10 to hit $57.05 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.90% or 0.58 to trade at $64.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.0893, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.7154.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 96.86.