Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Banking and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which rose 29.29% or 0.029 points to trade at 0.128 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 7.24% or 0.042 points to end at 0.622 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was up 5.26% or 0.01 points to 0.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which fell 6.76% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.690 at the close. Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) declined 2.98% or 0.0050 points to end at 0.1630 and Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH) was down 2.31% or 0.030 points to 1.270.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 61 to 34 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.41% or 5.45 to $1340.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.63% or 1.70 to hit $45.10 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.04% or 1.96 to trade at $46.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.1110, while EUR/GBP rose 0.67% to 0.8407.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 96.16.