Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Public Power (AT:DEHr), which rose 2.78% or 0.04 points to trade at 1.48 at the close. Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) added 2.74% or 0.002 points to end at 0.075 and Cenergy Holdings SA (AT:CENEr) was up 1.91% or 0.0240 points to 1.2820 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intralot (AT:INLr), which lost 3.35% or 0.017 points to trade at 0.490 in late trade. Reds (AT:CAMr) declined 2.79% or 0.025 points to end at 0.870 and Elastron SA (AT:ELSRr) shed 2.56% or 0.0300 points to 1.1400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 59 to 42 and 21 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.26% or 3.20 to $1246.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.45% or 0.23 to hit $51.38 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.09 to trade at $60.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1352, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8992.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 97.167.