Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Retail, Travel and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 0.78% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were F.G. Europe (AT:ESKr), which rose 6.33% or 0.038 points to trade at 0.638 at the close. Meanwhile, Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics SA (AT:OPAr) added 3.73% or 0.310 points to end at 8.610 and Korres (AT:KRRr) was up 3.51% or 0.13 points to 3.83 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lykos Inform. (AT:LYKr), which fell 7.62% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.50 at the close. National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) declined 7.24% or 0.06 points to end at 0.70 and Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR) was down 5.36% or 0.32 points to 5.65.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 49 to 41 and 8 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.31% or 3.60 to $1166.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.10% or 0.49 to hit $44.11 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.29 to trade at $47.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1055, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.7197.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 96.86.