Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the rose 0.80% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the were Crete Plastics SA (AT:), which rose 4.83% or 0.70 points to trade at 15.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Quality and Reliability SA (AT:) added 4.73% or 0.06 points to end at 1.24 and Iktinos Hellas (AT:) was up 2.99% or 0.01 points to 0.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Profile Syst (AT:), which fell 1.66% or 0.09 points to trade at 5.33 at the close. Dimand Societe Anonyme for Real Estate Constructions (AT:) declined 1.45% or 0.14 points to end at 9.53 and Quest Holdings (AT:) was down 1.13% or 0.06 points to 5.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 74 to 46 and 18 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.61% or 16.25 to $2,668.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.49% or 1.05 to hit $71.42 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.04 to trade at $74.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 100.31.
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