Investing.com – Greece equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Athens, the Athens General Composite rose 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Athens General Composite were ThesKi Port (AT:OLTr), which rose 6.38% or 1.40 points to trade at 23.34 at the close. Euro Reliance (AT:EREr) added 6.27% or 0.210 points to end at 3.560 and Hygeia (AT:HYGr) was up 4.87% or 0.015 points to 0.323 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Autohellas (AT:AUTr), which lost 2.22% or 0.52 points to trade at 22.95 in late trade. Mytilineos Holdings SA (AT:MYTr) declined 1.79% or 0.150 points to end at 8.210 and Iaso (AT:IASr) shed 1.41% or 0.010 points to 0.700.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 67 to 35 and 18 ended unchanged on the Athens Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 5.15 to $1299.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.28% or 0.14 to hit $50.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.37 to trade at $56.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1966, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.8857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 91.84.