Greece stocks higher at close of trade; Athens General Composite up 0.24%

Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.24%.

The best performers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (AT:OLTr), which rose 3.90% or 1.10 points to trade at 29.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank of Cyprus Holdings PLC (AT:BOCHGRr) added 3.54% or 0.17 points to end at 4.97 and Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) was up 3.47% or 0.50 points to 14.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Iktinos Hellas (AT:IKTr), which fell 2.74% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.36 at the close. Cenergy Holdings SA (AT:CENEr) declined 2.42% or 0.24 points to end at 9.69 and Alumil (AT:ALMr) was down 2.42% or 0.10 points to 4.03.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 78 to 41 and 23 ended unchanged.

Shares in Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (AT:OLTr) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.90% or 1.10 to 29.30.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.13% or 30.59 to $2,748.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.85% or 0.67 to hit $78.04 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.64 to trade at $81.39 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 108.85.