Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Oil & Gas and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Iaso (AT:IASr), which rose 8.47% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.280 at the close. Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) added 4.12% or 0.070 points to end at 1.770 and Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH) was up 3.83% or 0.110 points to 2.980 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which lost 11.26% or 0.033 points to trade at 0.260 in late trade. Intracom Hold (AT:INRr) declined 4.14% or 0.029 points to end at 0.671 and ThesKi Port (AT:OLTr) shed 4.00% or 0.95 points to 22.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 52 to 45 and 15 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.09% or 1.09 to $1255.99 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.31% or 0.60 to hit $46.37 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.59 to trade at $48.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1639, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.8931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.84.