Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr), which rose 10.58% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.115 at the close. Meanwhile, Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) added 6.45% or 0.16 points to end at 2.64 and Alpha Bank (AT:ACBr) was up 5.26% or 0.015 points to 0.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dromeas (AT:DROr), which fell 10.83% or 0.013 points to trade at 0.107 at the close. Iaso (AT:IASr) declined 7.06% or 0.054 points to end at 0.765 and Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) was down 6.67% or 0.07 points to 0.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 46 to 36 and 1 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.22% or 2.60 to $1176.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 3.06% or 1.78 to hit $59.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.23% or 2.02 to trade at $64.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1256, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.7346.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.34.