Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Public Power (AT:DEHr), which rose 2.78% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) added 2.74% or 0.002 points to end at 0.075 and Cenergy Holdings SA (AT:CENEr) was up 1.91% or 0.0240 points to 1.2820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intralot (AT:INLr), which fell 3.35% or 0.017 points to trade at 0.490 at the close. Reds (AT:CAMr) declined 2.79% or 0.025 points to end at 0.870 and Elastron SA (AT:ELSRr) was down 2.56% or 0.0300 points to 1.1400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 59 to 42 and 21 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.24% or 3.00 to $1247.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.53% or 0.27 to hit $51.42 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.15 to trade at $60.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1353, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8992.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 97.162.