Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Travel, Telecoms and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General-Composite added 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General-Composite were Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr), which rose 9.79% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.1570 at the close. Intralot (AT:INLr) added 3.92% or 0.040 points to end at 1.060 and FHL I Kiriakidis Marbles and Granites SA (AT:KRKr) was up 2.93% or 0.090 points to 3.170 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Athens Water (AT:EYDr), which lost 5.19% or 0.30 points to trade at 5.48 in late trade. Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) declined 4.81% or 0.100 points to end at 1.980 and AS Company SA (AT:ASCr) shed 3.24% or 0.023 points to 0.687.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 50 to 43 and 17 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.08% or 0.95 to $1139.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.41% or 0.22 to hit $54.12 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.22 to trade at $57.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.0393, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8495.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 103.42.