Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 1.96% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which rose 12.38% or 0.380 points to trade at 3.450 at the close. Meanwhile, Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) added 8.77% or 0.003 points to end at 0.040 and Select Textile (AT:EPIr) was up 7.30% or 0.013 points to 0.193 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which fell 2.74% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.420 at the close. Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) declined 1.22% or 0.070 points to end at 5.680 and Titan Cement Company SA (AT:TTNr) was down 0.76% or 0.175 points to 22.725.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 96 to 20 and 11 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.41% or 5.40 to $1314.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.36% or 0.22 to hit $60.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.49 to trade at $66.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.2053, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8872.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 91.57.