Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Banking and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 0.61% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which rose 5.00% or 0.002 points to trade at 0.042 at the close. Meanwhile, National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) added 4.33% or 0.011 points to end at 0.265 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was up 4.28% or 0.025 points to 0.609 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which fell 5.41% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.175 at the close. Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) declined 3.57% or 0.350 points to end at 9.450 and Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) was down 2.89% or 0.1200 points to 4.0300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 57 to 45 and 22 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.26% or 3.25 to $1277.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.24% or 0.13 to hit $53.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.22 to trade at $56.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.0617, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 100.49.