Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite gained 1.23% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were Attica Bank SA (AT:BOAr), which rose 11.58% or 0.004 points to trade at 0.035 at the close. Hygeia (AT:HYGr) added 9.57% or 0.083 points to end at 0.950 and Piraeus Bank SA (AT:BOPr) was up 7.73% or 0.214 points to 2.984 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sarantiseg (AT:SRSr), which lost 2.78% or 0.40 points to trade at 14.00 in late trade. Grivalia Properties REIC (AT:GRIr) declined 2.16% or 0.20 points to end at 9.05 and Kri-Kri Milk (AT:KRIr) shed 1.79% or 0.070 points to 3.840.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 77 to 33 and 14 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.90 to $1351.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.32% or 0.89 to hit $66.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.14% or 0.83 to trade at $71.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.2368, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8633.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 89.22.