Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Telecoms and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite added 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Eurobank Ergasias SA (AT:EURBr), which rose 5.49% or 0.0445 points to trade at 0.8550 at the close. Mytilineos Holdings SA (AT:MYTr) added 4.00% or 0.360 points to end at 9.360 and Public Power (AT:DEHr) was up 4.00% or 0.11 points to 2.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Athens Medical (AT:AMCr), which lost 6.92% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.480 in late trade. Elton S.A. (AT:ELNr) declined 2.19% or 0.035 points to end at 1.565 and Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr) shed 1.66% or 0.15 points to 8.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 69 to 48 and 13 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.18% or 2.40 to $1342.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.54% or 1.61 to hit $65.03 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.56% or 1.76 to trade at $70.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.2357, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 89.31.