Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.76% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 4.51% or 0.042 points to trade at 0.974 at the close. Meanwhile, Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH) added 4.34% or 0.155 points to end at 3.730 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) was up 3.97% or 0.006 points to 0.168 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr), which fell 3.82% or 0.2500 points to trade at 6.3000 at the close. Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) declined 2.16% or 0.300 points to end at 13.600 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was down 2.11% or 0.020 points to 0.929.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 62 to 48 and 20 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.44% or 5.90 to $1347.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.77% or 0.53 to hit $69.00 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.83 to trade at $74.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.2363, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8696.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 89.41.