Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Household and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Halcor (AT:XAKO), which rose 6.43% or 0.018 points to trade at 0.298 at the close. Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr) added 5.45% or 0.090 points to end at 1.740 and Jumbo SA (AT:BABr) was up 3.77% or 0.400 points to 11.010 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which lost 10.00% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.126 in late trade. Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) declined 9.70% or 0.2600 points to end at 2.4200 and Quest Holdings (AT:IQTr) shed 9.04% or 0.470 points to 4.730.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 47 to 44 and 14 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.65 to $1342.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.50% or 1.23 to hit $47.88 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.42% or 1.23 to trade at $49.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1322, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8618.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 94.50.