Investing.com – Greece stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Travel and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 2.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Attica Bank (AT:BOAr), which rose 20.00% or 0.007 points to trade at 0.042 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Of Piraeus (AT:BOPr) added 13.89% or 0.020 points to end at 0.164 and Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr) was up 12.50% or 0.007 points to 0.063 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centric Hold (AT:DESr), which fell 12.50% or 0.019 points to trade at 0.133 at the close. Techn Olympic (AT:OLYr) declined 6.44% or 0.045 points to end at 0.654 and Coca Cola HBC AG (AT:EEEr) was down 4.70% or 1.03 points to 20.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Athens Stock Exchange by 54 to 32 and 7 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.77% or 8.40 to $1102.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.50% or 0.66 to hit $44.53 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.11% or 1.04 to trade at $50.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.0970, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.7059.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 97.58.