Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Basic Resources and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 1.73% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were J. & P. Avax (AT:AVAr), which rose 9.54% or 0.037 points to trade at 0.425 at the close. Papoutsanis (AT:PSALr) added 8.29% or 0.015 points to end at 0.196 and National Bank of Greece (AT:NBGr) was up 8.00% or 0.02 points to 0.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Select Textile (AT:EPIr), which lost 9.46% or 0.014 points to trade at 0.134 in late trade. Korres (AT:KRRr) declined 4.63% or 0.170 points to end at 3.500 and FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) shed 3.24% or 0.110 points to 3.280.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 71 to 28 and 15 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.43% or 4.95 to $1156.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.89% or 0.48 to hit $54.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.49 to trade at $57.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.0395, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8488.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.94% at 103.33.