Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Household, Telecoms and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which rose 4.00% or 0.004 points to trade at 0.104 at the close. Meanwhile, FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) added 3.14% or 0.100 points to end at 3.280 and Intralot (AT:INLr) was up 2.80% or 0.030 points to 1.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thrace Plastic (AT:THRr), which fell 5.66% or 0.150 points to trade at 2.500 at the close. Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos SA (AT:ANEMr) declined 4.46% or 0.050 points to end at 1.070 and AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) was down 2.44% or 0.017 points to 0.680.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 49 to 43 and 19 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.18% or 2.15 to $1215.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.71% or 0.90 to hit $51.58 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.71% or 0.95 to trade at $54.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.0694, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8673.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 100.55.