Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr), which rose 17.54% or 0.600 points to trade at 4.020 at the close. Meanwhile, Centric Hold (AT:DESr) added 11.70% or 0.011 points to end at 0.105 and Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) was up 7.46% or 0.0580 points to 0.8350 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Revoil Petrol (AT:REVr), which fell 19.80% or 0.079 points to trade at 0.320 at the close. Iaso (AT:IASr) declined 1.88% or 0.009 points to end at 0.471 and Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) was down 1.75% or 0.020 points to 1.140.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 59 to 34 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) rose to all time highs; gaining 17.54% or 0.600 to 4.020.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.96% or 11.85 to $1224.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.84% or 0.99 to hit $52.87 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.03% or 1.15 to trade at $55.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.0606, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8483.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 100.98.