Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Telecoms and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite gained 1.31% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr), which rose 5.63% or 0.008 points to trade at 0.150 at the close. Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) added 5.60% or 0.280 points to end at 5.280 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was up 5.26% or 0.01 points to 0.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intralot (AT:INLr), which lost 7.35% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.260 in late trade. J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr) declined 4.18% or 0.020 points to end at 0.459 and Fourlis Hld (AT:FRLr) shed 4.17% or 0.150 points to 3.450.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 49 to 33 and 23 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.76% or 9.55 to $1261.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.91% or 1.45 to hit $51.26 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.56% or 1.33 to trade at $53.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1153, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.9004.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 96.79.