Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Retail and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which rose 26.32% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.120 at the close. Halcor (AT:XAKO) added 9.55% or 0.036 points to end at 0.414 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was up 4.76% or 0.01 points to 0.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Euro Reliance (AT:EREr), which lost 2.91% or 0.060 points to trade at 2.000 in late trade. Public Power (AT:DEHr) declined 1.94% or 0.06 points to end at 3.04 and Gek Terna (AT:HRMr) shed 1.38% or 0.030 points to 2.150.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 64 to 29 and 15 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 1.07% or 12.65 to $1165.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.43% or 0.22 to hit $51.90 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.47 to trade at $54.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.61% to 1.0728, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.8437.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 100.45.