Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Industrials and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite rose 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Hygeia (AT:HYGr), which rose 18.71% or 0.026 points to trade at 0.165 at the close. Frigoglass (AT:FRIr) added 9.00% or 0.03 points to end at 0.34 and ThesKi Port (AT:OLTr) was up 7.58% or 1.51 points to 21.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included A.S. Company (AT:ASCr), which lost 5.54% or 0.019 points to trade at 0.324 in late trade. Creta Plastics (AT:PLAKR) declined 3.95% or 0.14 points to end at 3.40 and Corinth Pipe (AT:CORr) shed 2.89% or 0.025 points to 0.840.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 46 to 45 and 15 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.22% or 15.20 to $1259.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.84% or 0.73 to hit $40.45 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.10% or 0.88 to trade at $42.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1429, while EUR/GBP fell 0.79% to 0.8014.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 93.84.