Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which rose 9.14% or 0.0180 points to trade at 0.2150 at the close. Meanwhile, Centric Hold (AT:DESr) added 7.56% or 0.009 points to end at 0.128 and Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) was up 7.06% or 0.012 points to 0.182 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Folli Follie (AT:HDFr), which fell 1.80% or 0.36 points to trade at 19.64 at the close. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) declined 1.56% or 0.003 points to end at 0.189 and Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) was down 1.49% or 0.080 points to 5.290.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 69 to 30 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.87% or 10.89 to $1267.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.35% or 0.17 to hit $49.07 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.06 to trade at $51.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1181, while EUR/GBP rose 1.00% to 0.8748.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 97.35.