Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Hygeia (AT:HYGr), which rose 30.06% or 0.104 points to trade at 0.450 at the close. Iaso (AT:IASr) added 21.40% or 0.171 points to end at 0.970 and Athens Medical (AT:AMCr) was up 9.32% or 0.110 points to 1.290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which lost 6.15% or 0.008 points to trade at 0.122 in late trade. Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR) declined 4.59% or 0.280 points to end at 6.050 and Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) shed 3.27% or 0.050 points to 1.480.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 65 to 37 and 12 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.30% or 3.85 to $1288.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.31% or 0.76 to hit $58.78 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.13 to trade at $63.68 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.74% to 1.1939, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8943.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 92.63.