Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Folli Follie (AT:HDFr), which rose 8.19% or 0.70 points to trade at 9.25 at the close. Intralot (AT:INLr) added 4.09% or 0.036 points to end at 0.916 and Selonda Aquaculture SA (AT:SELr) was up 3.43% or 0.0055 points to 0.1660 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Crete Plastics SA (AT:PLAKR), which lost 3.55% or 0.500 points to trade at 13.600 in late trade. Flexopack SA (AT:FLXr) declined 3.47% or 0.2500 points to end at 6.9500 and Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr) shed 2.28% or 0.003 points to 0.137.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 61 to 54 and 15 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.60 to $1315.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.77% or 1.91 to hit $70.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.90% or 2.17 to trade at $77.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1862, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.88.