Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Chemicals and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 1.88% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Halcor (AT:XAKO), which rose 5.60% or 0.034 points to trade at 0.641 at the close. Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH) added 4.68% or 0.110 points to end at 2.460 and Gek Terna (AT:HRMr) was up 4.59% or 0.170 points to 3.870 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Public Power (AT:DEHr), which lost 40.99% or 1.57 points to trade at 2.26 in late trade. Select Textile (AT:EPIr) declined 4.93% or 0.010 points to end at 0.206 and Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) shed 4.17% or 0.0100 points to 0.2300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 79 to 28 and 12 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.49% or 6.18 to $1250.32 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.27% or 0.12 to hit $45.09 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.16 to trade at $47.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1165, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8770.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 97.11.