Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Banking and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 2.99% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which rose 13.28% or 0.098 points to trade at 0.836 at the close. Meanwhile, Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) added 10.77% or 0.021 points to end at 0.216 and Select Textile (AT:EPIr) was up 7.33% or 0.014 points to 0.204 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics SA (AT:OPAr), which fell 3.02% or 0.275 points to trade at 8.825 at the close. Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr) declined 1.92% or 0.0180 points to end at 0.9200 and Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) was down 1.89% or 0.030 points to 1.560.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 84 to 20 and 15 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.03% or 0.43 to $1255.93 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.41% or 0.20 to hit $48.64 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.13 to trade at $51.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0905, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8437.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 99.00.