Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Travel, Media and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Intralot (AT:INLr), which rose 7.95% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.475 at the close. Ellaktor SA (AT:HELr) added 5.93% or 0.070 points to end at 1.250 and Reds (AT:CAMr) was up 5.56% or 0.045 points to 0.855 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nireus Aqua (AT:NIRr), which lost 4.15% or 0.007 points to trade at 0.162 in late trade. Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR) declined 2.73% or 0.300 points to end at 10.700 and Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA (AT:MORr) shed 1.55% or 0.33 points to 21.02.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 75 to 31 and 9 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.75 to $1289.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.42% or 1.64 to hit $49.60 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.68% or 1.53 to trade at $58.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1469, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8984.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 95.278.