Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Basic Resources and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 1.73% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which rose 9.54% or 0.037 points to trade at 0.425 at the close. Meanwhile, Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) added 8.29% or 0.015 points to end at 0.196 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was up 8.00% or 0.02 points to 0.27 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which fell 9.46% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.134 at the close. Korres (AT:KRRr) declined 4.63% or 0.170 points to end at 3.500 and FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) was down 3.24% or 0.110 points to 3.280.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 71 to 28 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.43% or 4.95 to $1156.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.87% or 0.47 to hit $54.19 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.49 to trade at $57.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.0396, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8488.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.94% at 103.33.