Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 0.95% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Marfin Invest (AT:MRFr), which rose 8.62% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.126 at the close. Profile Syst (AT:PRFr) added 3.99% or 0.028 points to end at 0.730 and Viohalco SA (AT:VIOH) was up 3.66% or 0.115 points to 3.260 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Euro Reliance (AT:EREr), which lost 4.05% or 0.150 points to trade at 3.550 in late trade. Iaso (AT:IASr) declined 2.54% or 0.030 points to end at 1.150 and Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr) shed 2.28% or 0.001 points to 0.026.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 73 to 45 and 12 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.31% or 3.90 to $1268.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.49% or 0.28 to hit $57.84 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.45 to trade at $64.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.1882, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 92.87.