Greece stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 3.55% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Public Power (AT:DEHr), which rose 11.37% or 0.54 points to trade at 5.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) added 10.29% or 0.014 points to end at 0.150 and Gek Terna (AT:HRMr) was up 9.77% or 0.17 points to 1.91 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr), which fell 2.88% or 0.008 points to trade at 0.270 at the close. Kleeman Hellas (AT:KLEr) declined 2.21% or 0.04 points to end at 1.77 and Elval (AT:VAL) was down 2.17% or 0.03 points to 1.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 55 to 28 and 1 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.10% or 1.20 to $1186.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.31% or 0.18 to hit $57.85 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 0.93 to trade at $62.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.0864, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.7098.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 97.64.
Source: www.investing.com
