Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were AS Company SA (AT:ASCr), which rose 3.45% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) added 3.38% or 0.050 points to end at 1.560 and Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) was up 3.02% or 0.080 points to 2.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Profile Syst (AT:PRFr), which fell 2.55% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.536 at the close. Korres (AT:KRRr) declined 2.14% or 0.080 points to end at 3.660 and Centric Hold (AT:DESr) was down 2.00% or 0.002 points to 0.098.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 52 to 44 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.45% or 0.030 to 0.900. Shares in Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.02% or 0.080 to 2.730.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.67% or 8.45 to $1249.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $51.10 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.17 to trade at $54.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.0666, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8546.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 100.48.